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The Year

on BBC Radio 3

F Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great
Gatsby, published in 1925, captured the spirit of modernism that suffused the midpoint of the Roaring Twenties. "Make it new," said Jean Cocteau , and a host of designers, architects, artists, musicians and composers eagerly complied. Ivan Hewett introduces music from the year 1925. Louis Armstrong Yes! I'm in the Barrel The Hot Fives
Schoenberg Satire, Op 28 No 2
BBC Singers, conductor Pierre Boulez Stravinsky Serenade in A Charles Rosen (piano)
Nielsen Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Semplice) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
Berg Wozzeck (excerpt)
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi Producer Ekene Akalawu
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Jean Cocteau
Introduces:
Ivan Hewett
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Stravinsky Serenade
Piano:
Charles Rosen
Conductor:
Osmo Vanska
Conductor:
Berg Wozzeck
Conductor:
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu
Wozzeck:
Eberhard Waechter (baritone)
Marie:
Anja Siua (soprano)

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