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Enescu, Crumb and Feldman, Philip Venables Opera

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Tom Service with a portrait of the Romanian composer George Enescu, as his masterpiece opera Oedipe is staged for the first time at the Royal Opera House in London. Among the contributors are Professor Erik Levi, expert on music of the 20th-Century; the Romanian violinist Remus Azoitei, and the American conductor Lawrence Foster, former director of the Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Also, Tom interviews pianist Steven Osborne on the parallels and differences between George Crumb and Morton Feldman, two American modernist composers obsessed with new sounds and textures in music. Also, the composer Philip Venables on his opera 4.48 Psychosis, based on the iconic play by Sarah Kane exploring depression - the first ever adaptation of her work on stage, to be premiered this month at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Osborne
Interviewed Guest:
Erik Levi
Interviewed Guest:
Remus Azoitei
Interviewed Guest:
Lawrence Foster
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Osborne
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Venables

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