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Hearing or Listening?
An examination of the difference between hearing and listening
An examination of the difference between hearing and listening. Composers intended and intend their music to be actively listened to, not as just background noise. In this programme, timed with the anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, a look at the difference between listening and hearing. Bach's Magnificat is examined as a composition that commands attention.
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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
