Music / Power / War & RevolutionWhen the First World War broke out in 1914, the music world did not remain unaffected. Artists inevitably became involved, either as soldiers at the front or as composers of patriotic music or musical memorials to a lost world. The three part documentary series investigates the (un)known, overt and hidden connections between music, power, war and revolution. Beginning with what led to this great human tragedy, each episode addresses different

"In the Mood"

Both Martinu (1890-1959) and Poulenc (1899-1963) had found in Mozart one of the main founts for their own neoclassical music

He was of Polish descent

These recordings of the Prague Guitar Quartet are all dedicated to works by Spanish composers

Academy of Ancient Music

have long enthralled those who collect early '50's R&B

The first quartet was written in 2017 at the request of the Czech Philharmonic Quartet

1s "I Can't Stand Losing You" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"

composed and recorded their eighth long player amidst both geopolitical and personal turmoil

Those that remain

alongside his far more renowned colleagues Quantz

Including the never before released "Gory Tits" featuring the theme song by legendary death metal band Suffocation