15. Talking Music with Olga Jegunova #3

This episode is all about tempo in music. How to define and interpret it? Who decides on the tempo : composer or performer? Do we practise with or without metronome?  You will learn about 4 main ways how composers express their will and how subjective it can be.

Host: Olga Jegunova https://www.olgajegunova.com/

Editor: Matylda Dymek  Visual design: Christopher Moehring 

Music excerpts used in this episode:

F. Händel - Water music. Minuet. The English Bach Festival orchestra, Christopher Hirons

J.S.Bach - Aria from Goldberg variations. Glen Gould (1981)

J.S.Bach - Aria from Goldberg variations. Murray Perahia 

W. A. Mozart - Symphony No 41 in C major, Allegro vivace. Zubin Mehta & Wiener Philharmoniker

W.A.Mozart - Piano concerto No 21 in C major K.467. Vladimir Ashkenazy & Philharmonia orchestra 

S. Barber - Adagio for strings Op. 11. & Sergiù Celibidache & Munich Philharmonic Orchestra