I Got Rhythm
Tom Service asks what rhythm is, how we feel a beat and whether we need it to enjoy music. Music includes Bach's courtly dances, Steve Reich's Clapping Music and James Brown.
Ever gone out dancing? Or found your fingers and toes tapping along to your favourite tune? We find rhythm irresistible as humans.
But what is rhythm? How do we feel that beat - and do we need it to enjoy music? Tom Service explores rhythm in music from Bach's courtly dances to Steve Reich's clapping hands, finds out what puts the rhythm in RnB and discovers music that has no rhythm at all.
Meanwhile, musical neuroscientist Dr Jessica Grahn is on hand to show us how rhythm affects our brains and together they find out the beat really does go on throughout our human lives.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A Major, Op 92 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Beethoven 5 & 7.
- Reference Recordings.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Christian Curnyn. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- Decca.
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Iggy Pop
Lust For Life
- Lust for Life.
- RCA.
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (Augurs of Spring)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: Rattle / Berliner Philarmoniker.
- EMI.
- 3-5.
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Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
Get Rhythm
- Get Rhythm.
- Sun.
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Steve Reich
Clapping Music
Performer: Steve Reich. Performer: David Cossin. -
Anna Meredith
HandsFree
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Traditional Russian
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Singer: Arthur Eizen. Choir: Soviet Army Chorus. Ensemble: Soviet Army Band. Conductor: Col. Boris Alexander.- EMI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425
Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- Avi Avital Vivaldi.
- DG.
- 7.
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Faithless
Insomnia
- Insomnia.
- Cheeky Records.
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Adzido
Warrior
- Traditional Songs and Dances from Africa.
- ARC.
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Lincoln Lewis
Wabouga
- The Rough Guide to Central America.
- World Music Network.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Mozart: Essential Symphonies Vol. I: Norrington.
- Hanssler Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 99 in E flat major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (1st mvt)
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.- Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
- Philips.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no.6 - 1st mvt
Performer: Budapest FO. Performer: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV.1067 (Overture)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 94 in G major, 'Surprise' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (2nd mvt, The Ball)
Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 6 in A minor (2nd mvt; 3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- BR KLASSIK.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (Sacrifical Dance)
Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
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Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
- Tutti Frutti.
- Magic.
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Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive
- I Will Survive.
- Polydor.
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James Brown
(Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
- Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine.
- Mercury.
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Skepta
Shutdown
- Konnichiwa.
- Boy Better Know.
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Muddy Waters
Hoochie Coochie Man
- Honey Bee.
- Wolf.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.2 - 4th mvt
Performer: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Performer: Ricardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni - Act 2 scene 20
Performer: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Don Giovanni.
- harmonia Mundi.
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Conlon Nancarrow
Study no.7
Performer: Conlon Nancarrow.- Wergo.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Piano Etude no.1 Desordre
Performer: Jeremy Denk.- Nonesuch.
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Aka Pygmies
Yangissa
- African Rhythms.
- Teldec.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
础迟尘辞蝉辫丑猫谤别蝉
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.- WARNER.
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Pauline Oliveros
In Memoriam Mr. Whitney
Performer: Pauline Oliveros. Choir: American Voices.- Oliveros: St. George and the Dragon; In Memoriam Mr. Whitney.
- MODE.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no.8 - 3rd mvt
Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer: Christian Thielemann.- Profil.
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Massive Attack
Teardrop
- Mezzanine.
- Virgin.
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Buddy Rich
The Beat Goes On
- Big Swing Face.
- Fontana.
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