This episode is all about tempo in music. How to define and interpret it? Who decides on the tempo : composer or performer? Do we practise with or without metronome?  You will learn about 4 main ways how composers express their will and how subjective it can be.


Host: Olga Jegunova
https://www.olgajegunova.com/


Editor: Matylda Dymek 
Visual design: Christopher Moehring 


Music excerpts used in this episode:


F. Händel - Water music. Minuet. The English Bach Festival orchestra, Christopher Hirons


J.S.Bach - Aria from Goldberg variations. Glen Gould (1981)


J.S.Bach - Aria from Goldberg variations. Murray Perahia 


W. A. Mozart - Symphony No 41 in C major, Allegro vivace. Zubin Mehta & Wiener Philharmoniker


W.A.Mozart - Piano concerto No 21 in C major K.467. Vladimir Ashkenazy & Philharmonia orchestra 


S. Barber - Adagio for strings Op. 11. & Sergiù Celibidache & Munich Philharmonic Orchestra