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Pierre Boulez Tribute, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Louise Welsh, Stuart MacRae, Peter Wiegold and Notes Inegales, New Year New Music

Sarah Walker presents, with George Benjamin, Fergus Macleod, Ivan Hewett, Peter Wiegold and Simon Rattle reflecting on the life and work of Pierre Boulez, who has died aged 90.

Presented by Sarah Walker. Composer George Benjamin, music critic Ivan Hewett and conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Fergus Macleod pay tribute to composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who has died aged 90. Other guests include author Louise Welsh and composer Stuart MacRae whose new opera The Devil Inside, inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's short story The Bottle Imp, receives its world premiere at Scottish Opera later this month. There's also live performance from pianist/composer Peter Wiegold and Notes Inegales, and from fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Pierre Boulez

    Memoriale (explosante fixe鈥riginel)

    Performer: Sophie Cherrier. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain.
    • Deutsche Grammoph.
  • Peter Wiegold & Notes Inegales

    Kuraedo Hana I

  • Peter Wiegold & Notes Inegales

    Gamelan

  • Peter Wiegold & Notes Inegales

    Kuraedo Hana II

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅: Lever du jour

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez Conducts Debussy & Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Complainte du lezard amoureux from Le Soleil des eaux

    Singer: Phyllis Bryn鈥怞ulson. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammoph.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2: Dance)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes: Fetes

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in C major, K 545 - 2nd movement, Andante

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Borreaux de solitude from Le Marteau sans maitre

    Performer: Georges van Gucht. Performer: Claude Ricou. Performer: Jean Batigne. Performer: Anton Stingl. Singer: Jeanne Deroubaix. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammoph.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Notations VII Hieratique - Lent from Notations

    Ensemble: Ensemble Modern. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammoph.

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  • Wed 6 Jan 2016 16:30

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