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In Their Own Words: 20th Century Composers

Episode 1: Radical Movements (1912-1941)

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Footage of Stravinsky, Schoenberg and many others tells of the revolution that classical music underwent in the first half of the 20th century. Show more

In Their Own Words: 20th Century Composers

Episode 2: But Is It Music? (1945-1989)

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

How the crisis of writing music in a post-war world was met in different ways by the likes of Britten, Bernstein, Cage, Boulez, Stockhausen, and Reich. Show more