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A Musical Manifesto

on BBC Radio 3

A lot of what's called atonal music today isn't really intelligible. In fact it's music of transition; it's lost one sort of coherence but not yet achieved another.
The composer
Jonathan Harvey assesses developments in contemporary composition and argues that electronic music needs to be heard in the light of a new aesthetic.

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Jonathan Harvey

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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