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Pierre Boulez Tribute

To mark Pierre Boulez's birthday, Ivan Hewett presents a special edition devoted to some of the unique recordings the late composer and conductor made at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.

The great composer and conductor Pierre Boulez died in January this year. In tonight's Hear and Now, on the anniversary of Boulez's birthday, Ivan Hewett presents a special edition devoted to some of the recordings Boulez made at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.

Le Marteau sans maître - Bel édifice et les pressentiments (first version)
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo), Marie-Therese Ghirardi (guitar), members of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO

Pli selon pli - Don
Halina Lukomska (soprano), members of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Pli selon Pli - Improvisation I sur Mallarmé
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), members of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

RItuel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ commission (1975)

Cummings ist der dichter
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Le soleil des eaux
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO, Pierre Boulez

Le Visage nuptial
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Elizabetrh Laurence (mezzo), ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor).

2 hours

Last on

Sat 26 Mar 2016 22:00

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Mar 2016 22:00

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