The rest is noise

Watch and listen

Watch and listen

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The Soundtrack to the 20th Century Watch The Rest Is Noise trailer, featuring archive footage from 100 years of the 20th Century and a recording of The Rite of Spring, used with kind permission of from our principal partner The London Philharmonic Orchestra.

How The Rest Is Noise festival was created - The Rest Is Noise is a year-long celebration of music, art, literature and dance. Watch interviews with Jude Kelly and festival's curators. 

An introduction from Vladimir Jurowski  - The Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra introduces the festival.

The Art Of Fear: an overview - Head Of Classical Music, Gillian Moore, provides an overview of the sixth weekend of the festival.

The Art Of Fear - Listen back to talks from the sixth weekend of The Rest Is Noise with our Soundcloud playlist.

Richard Strauss' Metamorphosen: Watch as Gillian Moore discusses this work, featured in The Art Of Fear weekend.

Messiaen's Turangalîla-symphonie: Watch as Gillian Moore discusses this work, featured in The Art Of Fear weekend.

Shostakovich's The Leningrad Symphony: Watch as Gillian Moore discusses this work, featured in The Art Of Fear weekend.

Shostakovich String Quartets: Watch as Gillian Moore discusses this work, featured in The Art Of Fear weekend.

America - Listen back to talks from the fifth weekend of The Rest Is Noise with our Soundcloud playlist.

Berlin - Listen back to talks from the fourth weekend of The Rest Is Noise with our Soundcloud playlist.

Paris - Listen back to talks from the third weekend of The Rest Is Noise with our Soundcloud playlist.

The Aurora Orchestra - Zeitgeist: Dance of the Machines - Watch the  Aurora Orchestra's trailer,  featuring rarely heard work from George Antheil's astonishing Ballet mécanique -- a visceral rollercoaster for pianola, pianos and a barrage of percussion including aircraft propellers and electric bells.

Tony Benn on The Early Labour Party - Watch him in conversation with John Rees as part of The Rise Of Nationalism weekend

Shirley Williams on The Outskirts Of Culture - Watch her in depth talk with Jude Kelly as part of The Rise Of Nationalism weekend

The Rise Of Nationalism - Listen back to talks from the first weekend of The Rest Is Noise with our Soundcloud playlist.

Here Comes The 20th Century - Listen back to talks from the first weekend of The Rest Is Noise with our Soundcloud playlist.

Vladimir Jurowski introduces two key works - The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Principal Conductor, Vladimir Jurowski, introduces two of the key concerts - Weill's The Threepenny Opera (2 March 2013) and a programme of Webern, Berg, Martinu and Bartok (27 April 2013).