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Teacher and composer, David Bedford, examines some problems of the relationship between composer and audience, against the background of two quite different musical occations. First, we visit the A...ldeburgh festival where composer Richard Rodney Bennett talks to David Bedford about his attitude to an audience while, he is engaged in composition. We hear part of Bennett's new composition 'The House of Sleep' and some of the Aldeburgh give us their reactions. We then move to a Sunday" afternoon rock concert at the Round House in London's Chalk Farm. We see Edgar Broughton performing with his band and bear h;im taking to David Bedford about his attitude to his audience.
Teacher and composer, David Bedford, examines some problems of the relationship between composer and audience, against the background of two quite different musical occations. First, we visit the A...ldeburgh festival where composer Richard Rodney Bennett talks to David Bedford about his attitude to an audience while, he is engaged in composition. We hear part of Bennett's new composition 'The House of Sleep' and some of the Aldeburgh give us their reactions. We then move to a Sunday" afternoon rock concert at the Round House in London's Chalk Farm. We see Edgar Broughton performing with his band and bear h;im taking to David Bedford about his attitude to his audience.
| Module code and title: | A304, The development of instruments and their music |
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| Item code: | A304; 15 |
| First transmission date: | 25-09-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:27 |
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| Producer: | Paul Kafno |
| Contributors: | Edgar Broughton Band; The King Singers |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Maltings |
| Subject terms: | Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts |
| Footage description: | Opening shots show Richard Rodney Bennett outside the Maltings at Snape, and Edgar Broughton outside the Round House, Chalk Farm and on stage. Both define their roles as musicians. Titles. David Bedford standing infront of the Maltings introduces the programme. The King's Singers, on stage in the Maltings, rehearse an arrangement of a Gershwin song by Richard Rodney Bennett. (music) Bedford talks to Bennett about composition and performance. Before the evening performance at the Maltings Bennett questions members of the arriving audience about their attitude to modern music. On stage, The King's Singers perform 'House of Sleep' by Richard Rodney Bennett, who briefly introduces the piece voice-over. Following the performance a member of the audience expresses a desire for more explanation. Outside the Roundhouse, David Bedford interviews a man in the audience waiting for a rock concert. Bedford talks to Broughton on the Round House patio about song writing and performance. Edgar Broughton and band in concert singing 'Out demons out'. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71487 |
| Production number: | 00525_3061 |
| Videofinder number: | 2636 |
| Available to public: | no |
