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Sounding the Century: Performance on 3

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

From the Royal Festival Hall, London, introduced by Humphrey Carpenter.

Paul Crossley (piano), Claire Briggs (horn), Annie Oakley and Huw Ceredig (percussion), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Boulez Rituel - In Memoriam Madema

8.00 Reflections of Messiaen

Roger Nichols talks to Peter Hill and Robert Sherlaw Johnson - two of Olivier Messiaen's pupils - about working with Messiaen, the influences on him and the composer's thoughts on his contemporaries.

8.20 Messiaen Des Canyons aux Etoiles

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Carpenter.
Pianist:
Paul Crossley
Horn player:
Claire Briggs
Percussionist:
Annie Oakley
Percussionist:
Huw Ceredig
Musicians:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Interviewer (Reflections of Messiaen):
Roger Nichols
Interviewee (Reflections of Messiaen):
Peter Hill
Interviewee (Reflections of Messiaen):
Robert Sherlaw Johnson
Source: Radio Times

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