HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 50 PIECES (BBC RADIO 3) (HB)

50 examples of classical music that reflect how composers, musicians and listeners have shaped the currents of history. From folk songs to national anthems, Beethoven to Bernstein, Hebrew cantillations to modern-day experimental piano works, Tom Service offers a fresh take on pieces everyone knows and many more they might not. With each short, sharp analysis, he expands the typical canon and tests the boundaries of what we understand to be 'classical music' - or even music at all, such as the sounds of the earth's rotation.