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A Magpie Called Igor
3: Of Fairy Tales and Exotic Scales
Jonathan Cross reveals the unusual ways Stravinsky divided up his octaves to create a distinctive sound, especially for evocations of the supernatural. With excerpts from
Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird alongside one of the sources of his material, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko. Later developments in neoclassicism are represented by Stravinsky's Symphony in Three
Movements, music by Olivier Messiaen and John Adams , and examples from jazz and progressive rock.

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Music By:
Olivier Messiaen
Music By:
John Adams
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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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