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Composers of the Week: Ruggles and Varese

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By the mid-1920s both composers were well established and their music was beginning to reach a wider audience.
Many pieces were given their first performances by the International
Composers' Guild. Ruggles Men
Buffalo PO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Vox clamans in deserto
Beverly Morgan (mezzo) Speculum Musicae/
Michael Tilson Thomas
Varese Octandre
French National Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano Ruggles Men and Mountains
Buffalo PO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Varese Intégrales Ensemble
Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez
Ruggles Portals
Buffalo PO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Contributors

Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Musicae:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Musicae:
Varese Octandre
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Source: Radio Times

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