Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Boulez conducts two of his own early cantatas and a groundbreaking piece of 1925 from a pioneer in New York.
Stravinsky's masterpiece concludes the concert in a burst of orchestral colour.
Presented by Tommy Pearson.
Frangoise Pollet (soprano), Susan Parry (mezzo), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez Varese Intégrales
Boulez Le Visage Nuptial
7.45 Twenty Minutes: Poetry and Responsibility
Roger Cardinal looks at the colourful life and work of the French poet Rene Char , whose words are set by Pierre Boulez in Le Visage Nuptial and Le Soleil des Eaux.
8.05 Boulez Le Soleil des Eaux
Stravinsky Petrushka (1911 version) Repeated Monday 2pm