of the Week: Lutoslawski
4: Stylistic maturity: 1970-79
From the political unrest of the late 1960s to Solidarnosc in 1980, Lutoslawski's career continued to develop outside Poland with engagements all over the world conducting and recording his works. Donald Macleod looks at the composer's works of this period, in which he continued to refine his musical language, often finding inspiration in the playing of particular performers - the cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich and the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau among them.
Sacher-Variationen Thomas Demenga (cello) Les Espaces du Sommeil
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone),
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the Composer
Mi-Parti Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra conducted by the Composer Double Concerto
David Cowley (oboe), Catrin Rnch (harp), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka See BBC Orchestras at 2pm