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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Luciano Berio (1925-2003)

Composer of the Week: Luciano Berio (1925-2003): Episode 1: The Boy from Oneglia

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Boy from Oneglia

The Boy from Oneglia

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Luciano Berio (1925-2003), The Boy from Oneglia

Donald Macleod discusses with Gillian Moore the life and music of Luciano Berio.

Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of Luciano Berio (1925-2003), in discussion with Gillian Moore. In today's episode, they look at Berio's early years.

Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of Italian composer Luciano Berio (1925-2003) in the company of Gillian Moore. In today's episode, Donald follows Berio's early life in the Ligurian port of Oneglia, the son and grandson of composers. After the War, Berio enrolled in the Milan Conservatoire, studying piano and composition, and it was during the 1950s that he would meet his first love, the singer Cathy Berberian, and would start to experiment with electronic music. 

Prelude from Petite Suite
David Arden, pianist

Cinque variazioni per pianoforte (1952-3) 1
Vanessa Wagner, piano

Quartetto per archi
Arditti String Quartet

Thema - Omaggio a Joyce 
Cathy Berberian, voice

Epifanie (1959-61/rev 65) 
Cathy Berberian, Mezzo Soprano
ORF-Symphonienorchester
Leif Segerstam, conductor.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Five-part series on the life and works of Italian experimental composer, Luciano Berio.

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