Change Your Tune
By THE BACH CHOIR
What makes choral music so powerful? Why is it used in so many movies, adverts, TV shows, sports events and computer games? Change Your Tune from The Bach Choir explores some of the world's most iconic pieces - from the Hallelujah Chorus to O Fortuna! (or The X Factor judges' walk on music or the Old Spice ad depending on how old you are). You'll discover you're more into choral than you think!
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The Full Lloyd Griffith Interview
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The Full John Rutter Interview
The world-renowned choral composer lifts the lid on carols -
The Christmas Carols Special with John Rutter and Lloyd Griffith
Carols - where do they come from and why do we sing them? -
The Hallelujah Chorus with Lloyd Griffith
Change Your Tune is all about recognisable pieces of choral music - and there aren’t many that are more famous than The Hallelujah Chorus. But why has this one part of Handel’s Messiah become so well-known, what makes it… -
The Full Linton Stephens Interview
Host of Radio 3's Classical Fix on the power of O Fortuna! -
O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) with Linton Stephens and Anne-Marie Minhall
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is probably the most-performed choral work of the past one hundred years. O Fortuna – its opening and closing – is one of the most recognisable choral pieces ever, used everywhere fr… -
The Full Love Ssega Interview
The musician, artist and activist on the power of music to change minds -
Ode to Joy (Beethoven's 9th Symphony) with Love Ssega
Beethoven’s Ode To Joy is one of the world’s most recognisable and inspiring tunes. It’s become a global anthem for unity and defiance - from the Tiananmen Square student uprisings to the fall of the Berlin Wall to protesting Brexit. But … -
The Full Harry Gregson-Williams Interview
The award-winning film composer takes us behind the scenes -
Verdi's Dies Irae with Harry Gregson-Williams
From Mad Max to Django Unchained, Verdi’s Dies Irae gets used in films, TV shows and computer games to summon up drama, chaos and catastrophe. But why was it written in the first place? What makes it so dramatic? And wha…
