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So, Hear Me Out: Are film and game soundtracks ‘proper’ classical music?
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So, Hear Me Out: Are film and game soundtracks ‘proper’ classical music?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore the world of film soundtracks and game scores in episode seven of our podcast series.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music make you happier?
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music make you happier?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore the happiness that classical music can bring in the sixth episode of our podcast series

Alisa Weilerstein: ‘We’re taught that context is everything; why can’t we just skip that and listen?’
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Alisa Weilerstein: ‘We’re taught that context is everything; why can’t we just skip that and listen?’

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein discusses her musical upbringing, expanding the repertoire and the ‘great equaliser’ of classical music out of context.

How I create… with musician Soumik Datta
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How I create… with musician Soumik Datta

The sarod virtuoso on finding inspiration on the go, rewriting his understanding of success and learning to accept feedback.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music provide hope to the imprisoned?
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music provide hope to the imprisoned?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore compositions that testify to the resilience of creativity in this fifth episode of our classical music podcast.

My Mixtape: Marius Neset’s 10 tracks he can’t get enough of
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My Mixtape: Marius Neset’s 10 tracks he can’t get enough of

The saxophonist and composer shares ten pieces of music he keeps going back to again and again, and the reasons why.

Who is contemporary classical quintet ZRI?
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Who is contemporary classical quintet ZRI?

Meet the contemporary classical and folk music quintet who take inspiration from a bawdy 19th century pub.

So, Hear Me Out: Is classical music just one big remix?
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So, Hear Me Out: Is classical music just one big remix?

Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens discuss classical music’s tendency to borrow from its own past in our classical music podcast’s fourth episode.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be protest music?
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be protest music?

Hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens contemplate classical music as a form of protest in the third episode of our classical music podcast.

So, Hear Me Out: Is it ok to use music from cultures that are not your own?
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So, Hear Me Out: Is it ok to use music from cultures that are not your own?

In the second episode of our classical music podcast hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore the boundary between inspiration and appropriation.

So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be funny?
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So, Hear Me Out: Can classical music be funny?

Listen to the first episode of the Southbank Centre’s classical music podcast, as hosts Gillian Moore and Linton Stephens explore humour in music.

Chineke! Orchestra make musical history
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Chineke! Orchestra make musical history

Watch the 2015 debut concert of Chineke! Europe’s first professional orchestra made up entirely of Global Ethnic Majority performers.