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Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams

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Jul 26, 202329:15Music

Tom Service experiences musical time travel as he listens to "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with its magical interplay of ancient and modern. And film music expert Neil Brand examines h...

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Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams is an episode from The Listening Service by BBC. Tom Service experiences musical time travel as he listens to "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaug...

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Published Jul 26, 2023, 29:15 long, audio available.

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Tom Service experiences musical time travel as he listens to "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with its magical interplay of ancient and modern. And film music expert Neil Brand examines how this and other classical adagios have been used to great effect in Hollywood blockbusters.

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Published Jul 26, 2023 and 29:15 long