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Composers of the Week: Ruggles and Varese

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The final phase for both composers. Ruggles composed one last big orchestral score and a little hymn in memory of his wife. Varese's burst of creativity was inspired largely by his interest in the developing medium of electronic music.
Varese Déserts
Ensemble
Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez
Ruggles Organum
Buffalo PO, conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas
Varese
Poème électronique; Nocturnal
Ariel Bybee (soprano)
Basses of the Union-Civic
Chorale
Utah SO, conductor
Maurice Abravanel
Ruggles Exaltation Gregg Smith Singers Brass ensemble
Leonard Raver (organ)/ Michael Tilson Thomas

Contributors

Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Soprano:
Ariel Bybee
Unknown:
Leonard Raver
Unknown:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Source: Radio Times

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