Composer Portrait: Pierre Boulez
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From the Royal Festival Hall. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Andrew Davis present four of Boulez's finest works in a special concert paying homage to France's most distinguished living composer - and a former chief conductor of the orchestra.
Christine Schafer (soprano), Susan Parry (mezzo), BBC Singers, BBC
Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis Eclat/Multiples; cummings ist der dichter
8.15 Pierre Boulez
Boulez is one of the few musical thinkers who have actually had the pleasure of seeing their dreams translated into reality. Here, he talks about the Cite de la Musique,
IRCAM, and his vision of the future of musical performance.
8.35 Le Visage Nuptial; Notations I-IV
See also Wednesday, 7.45pm