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Programme which examines a different piece of music each week

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Discovering Music: The Spirit of Schubert

Discovering Music: The Spirit of Schubert: Schubert Fragments

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Schubert Fragments

29/03/2012

The Spirit of Schubert

BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music, The Spirit of Schubert, Schubert Fragments

Brian Newbould talks to Stephen Johnson about his reconstructions of Schubert fragments.

Schubert expert Brian Newbould talks to Stephen Johnson about his work on reconstructing a number of Schubert fragments and incomplete works, including the Symphony in D, D708a.

Stephen Johnson talks to Hull University's Brian Newbould about his work on reconstructing a number of Schubert fragments and incomplete works, including the Symphony in D, D.708a which will be given its world première in the second half of the concert. Stephen Johnson and Professor Newbould will explore the ways in which works can be completed and orchestrated from original piano score fragments and explain how close to the composer's original thoughts they really are.

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Stephen Johnson explores works by Schubert

Stephen Johnson explores works by Schubert, as part of a celebration of the life and music of the Viennese composer

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