Book of the Week: The Rest is Noise
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1chrisharpe
I'm not sure why I didn't get to hear of this earlier... but there's still time to listen. Book of the Week last week was Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise. Fascinating! I love Britten's Peter Grimes, so Thursday's programme was particularly interesting for me, but all are worth listening to.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/book_week.shtml
Monday 12 - Friday 16 January
The Rest is Noise
By Alex Ross, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
A history of classical music in the modern age and how the boundaries have become blurred between popular and traditional culture.
Monday
The last of the old guard or the first of the new – Strauss, Mahler and Salome.
Tuesday
Kurt Weill and the story of Mack the Knife and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
Wednesday
The Beatles and Stockhausen – and how he ended up on the cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Thursday
The psychological realism of Peter Grimes - and Britten's relationship with Peter Pears.
Friday
John Cage, John Adams and the birth of political opera in Nixon in China.
Abridged and produced by Clive Brill.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/book_week.shtml
Monday 12 - Friday 16 January
The Rest is Noise
By Alex Ross, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt
A history of classical music in the modern age and how the boundaries have become blurred between popular and traditional culture.
Monday
The last of the old guard or the first of the new – Strauss, Mahler and Salome.
Tuesday
Kurt Weill and the story of Mack the Knife and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
Wednesday
The Beatles and Stockhausen – and how he ended up on the cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Thursday
The psychological realism of Peter Grimes - and Britten's relationship with Peter Pears.
Friday
John Cage, John Adams and the birth of political opera in Nixon in China.
Abridged and produced by Clive Brill.
2antimuzak
Thanks for this Chris - I missed this last week and will try to listen to the broadcasts on "Listen Again".
This is very timely since I'm currently reading the book - currently on Chapter 3 - it's very entertaining, packed full of anecdotes about composers and information about the cultural zeitgeist.
This is very timely since I'm currently reading the book - currently on Chapter 3 - it's very entertaining, packed full of anecdotes about composers and information about the cultural zeitgeist.
3GirlFromIpanema
I recorded all parts and listened to part of the first one. Very interesting! I need to get around to cut and burn the recording (I hate playing the stuff from my laptop).
Also, Julian Rhind-Tutt is a gifted reader, I just love listening to him.
Also, Julian Rhind-Tutt is a gifted reader, I just love listening to him.
4chrisharpe
The book was very popular in the US. It was mentioned on all of the main radio shows and received a lot of praise in the literary press. I heard several interviews with the author too. I haven't seen the book yet and did not go so far as to order it as I was not sure whether it would offer anything new to me - not that I am an authority on 20th Century music. However, on the basis of the BBC broadcasts, it sounds eminently readable and informative. So it sounds as if I should search it out on my next trip into English book territory - probably at that great British institution, the charity shop.
