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Composer of the Week Cowell

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2: Modernism and Ultramodernism
David Nicholls introduces music from the 1920s by Cowell and his contemporaries. With contributions from Carol Oja and Kyle Gann. Cowell The Aeolian Harp; Tiger; The Banshee
The Composer (piano) Carl Ruggles Portals Buffalo Philharmonic, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Charles Ives Lincoln the Great
Commoner
Gregg Smith Singers, American SO, conductor Leopold Stokowski
Ruth Crawford String Quartet (3rd mvt) Composers Quartet
Schoenberg Klavierstuck , Op 33b Glenn Gould (piano)
Cowell Piano Concerto
Anthony de Mare, Essen Philharmonic, conductor Jacques van Steen Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
David Nicholls
Introduces:
Kyle Gann.
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Charles Ives Lincoln
Singers:
Gregg Smith
Conductor:
Leopold Stokowski
Conductor:
Ruth Crawford
Unknown:
Schoenberg Klavierstuck
Piano:
Glenn Gould
Source: Radio Times

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