0:00:11 > 0:00:12Music.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16I love it.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19It's in our lives all the time.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26One big playlist.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28On our phone,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30at home,
0:00:30 > 0:00:31on the bus,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33on the street.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43A world of music, coming at us from the radio, films, games,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47computers, tablets, TV shows, gigs...
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and right now,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51I want to throw ten more tracks into the mix.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Ten pieces of music.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Classical music.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Music where you let an orchestra play.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Play with your imagination.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05And there's no right or wrong way to listen.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09There's no secret language you need to know, there's just the choice.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14The choice of where to start.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Something peaceful, something gentle?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19No, Clara, I fancy something a bit bigger.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24And this is music from some of the biggest battles of all.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29METAL HITS THE GROUND
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Battles like hope versus despair,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35good versus evil.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Life versus death.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43MUSIC: Ride Of The Valkyries by Wagner
0:01:46 > 0:01:50And when Death's around, his cavalry are never far behind.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Norse legend tells of warrior women who search
0:01:59 > 0:02:01the battleground for heroic soldiers.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10The souls they want, they take away to guard Valhalla, home of the gods.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26These are grim reapers on horseback.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27They have a name...
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Valkyries!
0:02:36 > 0:02:40This is the sound of the Valkyries - a musical stampede
0:02:40 > 0:02:45full of flying, galloping rhythms, and a run-for-your-life fanfare.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48And the Valkyries' main theme, or leitmotif, is just one of the
0:02:48 > 0:02:53ingredients in a musical blockbuster by German composer Richard Wagner.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59For his story, Wagner raided all his favourite folklore,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and assembled a cast of gods,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03goddesses, dwarves,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04and dragon slayers!
0:03:06 > 0:03:11All of them caught up in battle to possess a ring.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13A ring that has power over all mankind.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I think it might be time to pass this on!
0:03:27 > 0:03:30MUSIC: Ride Of The Valkyries
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Music's always changing, evolving, you can't stop it.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And why would you want to?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Orchestral music's always on the move,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04that's thanks to lots of great new composers.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06By the look of this,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Clara is out with one of those composers right now.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14MUSIC: Concerto For Turntables And Orchestra by Gabriel Prokofiev
0:07:14 > 0:07:16'Continue, straight ahead.'
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Gabriel, you wrote this music,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- it's like we're actually inside of your head.- Yeah, I guess so.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25It's like we're inside my head, inside your car.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I know I can definitely hear an orchestra,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29but there's something else going on, right?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Yeah, I'm really into orchestral music and composing classical music.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36But I'm a fan of hip-hop, dance music, electro, reggaeton,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38grime - you name it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41And also I'm really into scratching and turntablism.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44So I thought, why can't we bring these styles together?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49RECORD SCRATCHES AS CAR MOVES
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Whoa.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Turntables are an instrument,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02but they don't have any sound of their own
0:08:02 > 0:08:03until a DJ gives them one.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08And in Gabriel's piece, every single sound is sampled from the orchestra.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10It's like the orchestra creates the road ahead.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16The DJ, using the same sounds, fires back out new melodies,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19making different routes and crazy detours on the journey.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22'You have deviated from your route, please turn around.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24'Please turn around.'
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Ooft!
0:08:25 > 0:08:26I have to say, Gabriel,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30being inside your head is a very fun place to be!
0:08:30 > 0:08:32That's how the story of music goes, really, isn't it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Music's always reinventing itself,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37travelling in loads of different directions.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39'Continue, straight ahead.'
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Erm, the opposite of that.- Exactly.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47So all we need now is the DJ.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Hey, wake up, man!
0:08:58 > 0:09:02MUSIC: Concerto For Turntables And Orchestra
0:13:11 > 0:13:13You know what I think inspires great music?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Great stories.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- I reckon this is it!- Stories of love, jealousy and revenge.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23MUSIC: Habanera by Bizet
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Love is a rebellious bird.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Ah, that no-one can tame.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Great idea for a lyric. - Already taken.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Belongs to a gypsy named Carmen.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44She sings it in an opera named after her, composed by Georges Bizet.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52She looks fiery. Dangerous!
0:13:52 > 0:13:57She's got every man and woman in here watching. And she knows it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05A young soldier, already with another girl. But he's lost it.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Lost his heart to her.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10She's cast a spell.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Carmen's story is set under a sizzling Spanish sun.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Her music makes me think of a cat, stretching out in the heat.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Slow, enchanting, but with deadly claws.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Ready to pounce.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Well, you were warned!
0:14:35 > 0:14:38In opera, the music tells you what you need to know.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40MUSIC: Chanson Du Toreador by Bizet
0:14:40 > 0:14:43What about this, then?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45It's more music from Carmen.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Sounds brave, proud, charming.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It belongs to Escamillo, and he deserves it.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56CHEERING
0:14:56 > 0:14:58A big celebrity.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Bullfighter.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04You can hear the fanfare, think of him, strutting around the bullring.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08This is music for a guy who loves being a star.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09We all know the story.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Boy loves girl.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14But girl loves another boy.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- And then what?- I don't know!
0:15:16 > 0:15:20But Escamillo kills bulls, Carmen kills hearts!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I am sticking around to find out.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28MUSIC: Habanera
0:17:29 > 0:17:32MUSIC: Chanson Du Toreador
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Some songwriters or composers just know how to produce a hit.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18MUSIC: Trumpet Concerto (3rd Movement) by Haydn
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Those composers are just like superstar strikers,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27shooting for goal - they just know how to write
0:20:27 > 0:20:31a piece of music that's going to hit the back of the net every time.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Joseph Haydn, 18th-century Austrian composer,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45used to have to write melodies for the orchestra he managed
0:20:45 > 0:20:47that were memorable and bang on target,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50otherwise he would get the boot from the prince who employed him.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Come on!
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Luckily, Haydn had an ear for a catchy tune,
0:20:54 > 0:20:58the kind that his boss could hum to for weeks and weeks
0:20:58 > 0:21:00while wallowing in his posh bath.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03His record speaks for itself.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Take this concerto,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12where the trumpeter takes the role of superstar striker
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and plays a real crowd-pleaser of a melody all of their own.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21CROWD GROANS
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Haydn knows that's not enough,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26so he opts for a rondo formation for this piece.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30That's a musical structure where the main melody keeps returning.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Like a chorus, but alternates through different musical interludes
0:21:33 > 0:21:36so the rest of the players aren't sitting about doing nothing.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39They are providing the interludes, picking up the tempo,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41and creating variety.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44But in the end, always passing the ball back to the star striker,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46who only has eyes for goal.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50CROWD CHEERING
0:21:53 > 0:21:56MUSIC: Trumpet Concerto
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Most of us can listen to and create whatever music we like.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30We've got that freedom.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Not everyone is so lucky.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49From the 1930s, for over two decades, the Russian composer
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Dmitri Shostakovich lived in fear of this man.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Stalin decided what music his people should listen to.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Everyone was watched.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Any composer who didn't conform risked joining the millions of other
0:25:03 > 0:25:08people that Stalin had thrown into prison or unmarked graves.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11"If they cut off both my hands,
0:25:11 > 0:25:16"I will compose with the pen between my teeth."
0:25:16 > 0:25:20That was Shostakovich's answer.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22And so he kept on composing.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25And when his music was praised, he was a national hero.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29When it offended Stalin's regime, he slept with his bags packed,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32waiting for the secret police to knock at his door.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36In 1953, Stalin died.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41And Shostakovich was able to finish this piece, his 10th Symphony.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46And to me it feels as if the music and emotion that had
0:25:46 > 0:25:50been hidden away in his head suddenly came flooding out.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Some people think this is actually an orchestral portrait
0:25:55 > 0:25:57of Stalin himself.
0:25:57 > 0:26:04But whatever it is, it sounds full of panic and terror and anger.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05What can you hear?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Is it the knock on the door in the dead of night,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09knives sharpening, bursts of gunfire?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Hearts racing faster?
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Stalin's death didn't bring complete musical freedom for Shostakovich.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23But it was a moment in his life where he could say what he wanted
0:26:23 > 0:26:24out loud in music.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30MUSIC: Symphony No. 10 (2nd movement) by Shostakovich
0:29:27 > 0:29:30In the middle of all the music we listen to, sometimes there's
0:29:30 > 0:29:35one band, one singer, one composer that cuts through.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38One musical voice that seems to be speaking just to us.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42MUSIC: Toccata And Fugue In Dmin by Bach
0:30:01 > 0:30:05When I was about six years old, my dad bought a new record player.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07And it came with a free record.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12It was an album of organ music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15I must have listened to it hundreds of times.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18To be honest, it was the only record we had for a while.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21And I sort of fell in love with it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24I went on to learn the piano, and the flute and the saxophone,
0:30:24 > 0:30:29and eventually the harpsichord. I studied music at university.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33I suppose today I can't really imagine my life without
0:30:33 > 0:30:35a classical music soundtrack.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37And that's all down to a free Bach record.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47This piece is probably one of Bach's most famous.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50It was written about 1706. And he, of course,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53would not have known that would eventually be used in gaming or...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55TINNY TOCCATA AND FUGUE RINGTONE
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Or as a ringtone.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Or indeed as a form of shorthand meaning,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03something well spooky's about to happen.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05That's probably for the best.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11It's called Toccata And Fugue In D Minor,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13and it's a piece of two parts.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15The first part, the toccata,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19is basically an opportunity for the musician to show off a bit.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24To grab everyone's attention, to get them
0:31:24 > 0:31:27ready for this amazing ride ahead.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Hold on a minute.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32I reckon the orchestra's itching for a go now.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34MUSIC: Toccata And Fugue in Dmin
0:32:56 > 0:33:00That was the section of the toccata, but now we come to part two -
0:33:00 > 0:33:02the fugue.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03Do you mind if I have a go?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Yeah, sure. Be my guest, please.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Cheers.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12A fugue is like a sort of perfect musical pattern.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Bach would start off with a fairly straightforward,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16simple little melody.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19HE PLAYS
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Like that one. Then he might repeat it, higher up.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Or maybe lower.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38And then he might turn it upside down,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40break it up into fragments, and so on.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44But gradually, this incredible piece of music emerges.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Bach's brain could work out these patterns better than any
0:33:48 > 0:33:52brain before or since. Apparently he could improvise this stuff.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54He could make it up as he went along.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59But remarkably, this never created chaos,
0:33:59 > 0:34:03it just created incredible, beautiful music.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10And in fact, the word fugue means flight in Italian.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12And that's what this music seems to do, to me.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17It does take flight, it takes off on a journey, an incredible one.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20And it's a different journey every single time you listen to it.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23That's what's so amazing about it.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25MUSIC: Toccata And Fugue in Dmin
0:35:42 > 0:35:45So you might want to stick some Bach on your playlist if life
0:35:45 > 0:35:48seems pretty good, or maybe some Wagner if you need an energy boost.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55And then, there's other music that can give us time to breathe.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Some space to think, and stop the world for a while.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Do you have those days that have gone wrong?
0:36:05 > 0:36:10When you lie back on your bed, put some music on - any music -
0:36:10 > 0:36:13and imagine you're just floating away from it all?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16MUSIC: The Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams
0:36:18 > 0:36:21On those days, I want to be that lark up there,
0:36:21 > 0:36:24belting out a beautiful song, high up in the sky.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29And up there, just like when you look down from a plane
0:36:29 > 0:36:32or tall building, the world seems different.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36We become smaller. Maybe our worries do, too.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44An English composer called Ralph Vaughan Williams was
0:36:44 > 0:36:46walking along the coast near Margate
0:36:46 > 0:36:50when he imagined a violin melody that would capture this feeling,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53of a bird singing as it makes its steep, vertical flight.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57And he called it, The Lark Ascending.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12It was September, 1914.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Britain had just entered the First World War.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21And soon, Vaughn Williams joined the army and left for France.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24In the trenches during that war, some of the few birds
0:37:24 > 0:37:27the soldiers ever saw or heard were skylarks,
0:37:27 > 0:37:29flying high over their heads.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35That birdsong must have sounded like an escape, freedom,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38like a different world they'd left behind.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42When he came back from the war,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Vaughan Williams returned to his violin piece with its melody.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51Fragile, peaceful, out of reach. Like the bird.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54And he created this music.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58Music that, for me, really can take you to another place.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Wherever you want that to be.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05MUSIC: The Lark Ascending
0:42:18 > 0:42:21So, where do musical ideas come from?
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Most of us aren't going to get very far staring at a blank screen
0:42:32 > 0:42:33or an empty page.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41But ideas, inspiration, can come from sounds around us.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Memories, stories, poems, photos -
0:42:45 > 0:42:47or a picture.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Like the image of a dark, turbulent wave.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55That's what composer Anna Clyne saw in her head back in 2012.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57And the first thing she did was to paint it.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Then she went over to her piano and started to improvise.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Notes, melodies, rhythms - any music that the image made her think of.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10To do this you don't need to know how to read or write music,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13you just need to want to make it.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Anna's music grew, the images grew.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20Both took on a life of their own. And soon, a Night Ferry emerged.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27Charcoal, ribbon, gauze, illustrations -
0:43:27 > 0:43:29all went on to the painting.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33The ice was here, the ice was there
0:43:33 > 0:43:35The ice was all around
0:43:35 > 0:43:39Scratched in pencil or thick paint, and lines from poems like
0:43:39 > 0:43:42The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner and the tale of his cursed ship.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44It cracked and growled
0:43:44 > 0:43:45And roared and howled
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Like noises in a swound.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53You know, our minds are mysterious places.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Where our moods can suddenly turn from light and clear
0:43:56 > 0:43:58to dark and stormy.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02And that's what Night Ferry is, the journey of a ship,
0:44:02 > 0:44:03struggling through the night.
0:44:03 > 0:44:08But also a journey through the whirlwind of our own minds!
0:44:08 > 0:44:11And that whole musical voyage started in Anna's mind
0:44:11 > 0:44:14with one single idea, one image.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15One wave.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20MUSIC: Night Ferry by Anna Clyne
0:46:37 > 0:46:42Today, film and games are jam-packed with orchestral music.
0:46:42 > 0:46:43You know why?
0:46:44 > 0:46:47Because you name any emotion, any feeling,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50and the orchestra can create it in music.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53From heartache and pain, to fear and dread.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59MUSIC: Dies Irae by Verdi
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Welcome to the end of the world.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09This is what it sounds like.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13The sky seems to be ripping open with the sound of those drums.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15And those voices.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17I can't seem to get them out of my head!
0:47:21 > 0:47:23They're singing, dies irae.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26That's Latin for, day of judgement.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29And they sing it over and over and over again.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32It isn't a question, it's a statement.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Life IS over.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41It's like disaster movie music. An orchestral storm,
0:47:41 > 0:47:43destroying everything in its path.
0:47:43 > 0:47:44Including me!
0:47:48 > 0:47:51That's because the day of judgement, according to some people,
0:47:51 > 0:47:53is the time when everyone that's ever lived
0:47:53 > 0:47:55will be brought before the throne of God.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00They're summoned by a fanfare.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02A fanfare loud enough to wake the dead.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05And then, each person's soul either rises up to heaven
0:48:05 > 0:48:07or descends into the fiery pits of hell.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Ahh!
0:48:09 > 0:48:13There's the trumpets! It's starting! Oh, no!
0:48:13 > 0:48:16This Dies Irae is by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi,
0:48:16 > 0:48:20who knew that for believers listening to his music in 1874,
0:48:20 > 0:48:23the day of judgement was no story -
0:48:23 > 0:48:24it was real.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28So Verdi brings that terrible day to life for his audience.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31It's his warning in music of incredible power,
0:48:31 > 0:48:34far greater than us.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38And right now, it still makes me feel small, fragile.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39Scared.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42Or maybe, because there's another vast power that we're
0:48:42 > 0:48:44all at the mercy of - nature.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49And this music sounds to me like a warning -
0:48:49 > 0:48:52if we don't respect nature - of our own possible dies irae.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55MUSIC: Dies Irae
0:49:05 > 0:49:07THEY SING IN LATIN
0:52:59 > 0:53:02Music is for listening to. Definitely.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08But when I hear music, I don't want to just listen.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11MUSIC: Mambo by Bernstein
0:53:14 > 0:53:16I want to move!
0:53:19 > 0:53:20I want to dance!
0:53:23 > 0:53:26A dance can be romantic. It can be frenetic.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30It can be a party or a battleground.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36Romeo and Juliet, perhaps the most famous lovers of all,
0:53:36 > 0:53:39meet during a dance at a masked ball.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45A moment of happiness before their two warring families -
0:53:45 > 0:53:49the Montagues and the Capulets - tear them apart.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53And if you update Shakespeare's tragic love story, what do you get?
0:53:55 > 0:54:00West Side Story, a stage musical composed by Leonard Bernstein.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05Shakespeare's Verona in Italy becomes New York City in the 1950s,
0:54:05 > 0:54:07where a turf war is underway.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10The Montagues and the Capulets become two rival street gangs,
0:54:10 > 0:54:12the Sharks and the Jets.
0:54:14 > 0:54:18And Romeo and Juliet make way for Tony and Maria.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23Bernstein had seen Latin dance music when he visited Puerto Rico.
0:54:23 > 0:54:27And now he watched as one particular dance craze swept
0:54:27 > 0:54:29through New York City in the '50s.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32And so for his musical, out went Shakespeare's masked ball,
0:54:32 > 0:54:34and in came mambo.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Bernstein's mambo's got fast rhythms packed with semi-quavers
0:54:40 > 0:54:42and great melodic lines.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45It's full of passion and danger,
0:54:45 > 0:54:48just like the emotions on those hot city streets.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50It's music to make you move.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55MUSIC: Mambo
0:55:31 > 0:55:32# Mambo!
0:55:46 > 0:55:47# Mambo! #
0:57:12 > 0:57:13Ten pieces. Ten!
0:57:13 > 0:57:16It's only a start. A few tracks from a playlist.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19A MEDLEY OF THE TEN PIECES PLAYS
0:57:28 > 0:57:30It's a playlist that's never-ending.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32From fugues to film scores...
0:57:32 > 0:57:34..fantasylands to dance floors.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36The awesome power of the crowd.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39A single voice, brave and loud.
0:57:39 > 0:57:40From consoles to concertos...
0:57:40 > 0:57:43..mambos, big shows...
0:57:43 > 0:57:45..jaw-dropping solos...
0:57:45 > 0:57:48..heartaches, DJ breaks - what's next?
0:57:48 > 0:57:50Who knows?
0:57:52 > 0:57:55It's a playlist where classical, orchestral sounds go
0:57:55 > 0:58:00side-by-side with pop, hip-hop and whatever else you've got.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04Because they're all part of one big, unfolding musical story.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08So go hear it, see it, live and online.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Make it,
0:58:11 > 0:58:12play it,
0:58:12 > 0:58:14and see where the music takes you!
0:58:17 > 0:58:21MUSIC: Habanera by Bizet