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Hear and Now: Kagel - The Pieces of the Compass Rose

Kagel - The Pieces of the Compass Rose

24/08/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Hear and Now, Kagel - The Pieces of the Compass Rose

Mauricio Kagel's eight Pieces of the Compass Rose, played by the London Sinfonietta.

Thierry Fischer conducts the London Sinfonietta in the complete set of eight pieces Mauricio Kagel named after the points of the compass - The Pieces of the Compass Rose.

Robert Worby presents a rare performance of one of the most remarkable works by the Argentinian-born German composer Mauricio Kagel, The Pieces of the Compass Rose, a set of eight pieces scored for salon orchestra and named after the points of the compass: North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest. The performance by the London Sinfonietta - including an array of approximately 45 percussion instruments, including cushions, branches and a log and axe - took place at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in June, with conductor Thierry Fischer, who also talks about the pieces. And throughout the programme you can also hear the ever-stimulating thoughts of Kagel himself, from various BBC interviews recorded before his death in 2008.

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