Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics Podcast
Artists, musicians and composers introduce fifty key pieces of classical music composed between 1950 and 2000. As featured in the 成人快手 Radio 3 programme, Hear & Now.
Episodes to download
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Toru Takemitsu's Kwaidan
Sun 26 Feb 2012
Writer and musician David Toop celebrates Toru Takemitsu's soundtrack for Masaki 1964...
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Luigi Nono's Al gran sole carico d'amore
Sun 19 Feb 2012
Theatre director Katie Mitchell describes her first encounter with the music of Luigi...
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Milton Babbitt's Philomel
Sun 12 Feb 2012
Jazz pianist Ethan Iverson nominates Milton Babbitt's Philomel for soprano and tape,...
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Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Sun 22 Jan 2012
Film director Barrie Gavin selects Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco, an of...
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Karlheinz Stockhausen's Gruppen
Sun 15 Jan 2012
Finnish conductor and music director of Ensemble InterContemporain Susanna Malkki pays...
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Luciano Berio's Sinfonia
Sun 8 Jan 2012
Conductor Richard Bernas recalls his momentous first encounter with Berio's Sinfonia,...
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Arvo Part's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Christmas Day 2011
Roxanna Panufnik nominates Arvo Part's Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten, simple and...
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Morton Feldman's Extensions 3
Sun 18 Dec 2011
Howard Skempton singles out Extensions 3 by the American composer Morton Feldman, a he...
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Conlon Nancarrow's Study No.21
Sun 11 Dec 2011
Stephen Fry describes his delight and bewilderment at first hearing Conlon Nancarrow's...
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Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet
Sun 4 Dec 2011
Percussionist Steven Schick recalls how a chance meeting with Brian Ferneyhough led to...
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Howard Skempton's Lento
Sun 27 Nov 2011
Artist Tom Phillips on Howard Skempton's Lento for orchestra, a completely tonal piece...
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Edgard Varese's Poeme electronique
Sun 13 Nov 2011
Composer and former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton nominates Poeme electronique by a...
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John Cage's 4'33"
Sun 6 Nov 2011
Artist Tacita Dean on John Cage's legendary 4'33" and how it provided an inspiration...
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Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning
Sun 30 Oct 2011
Pianist and Scratch Orchestra member John Tilbury speaks up for The Great Learning by...
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Iannis Xenakis's Nomos Alpha
Sun 23 Oct 2011
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how Iannis Xenakis uses the symmetry of a cube...
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Louis Andriessen's De Staat
Sun 16 Oct 2011
Dutch composer Michel van der Aa salutes compatriot Louis Andriessen's 1976 work for...
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Pierre Boulez's Le Marteau sans Maitre
Sun 9 Oct 2011
Sir Harrison Birtwistle singles out Pierre Boulez's 1950s cycle for voice and mixed a...
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Elliott Carter's String Quartet No.3
Sun 2 Oct 2011
Novelist and poet Mark Haddon explains what it is about Elliott Carter's String No...
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Gyorgy Ligeti's Atmospheres
Sun 25 Sep 2011
Film-maker Sophie Fiennes explains why she chose Gy枚rgy Ligeti's Atmosph猫res for the...
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Steve Reich's Different Trains
Sun 18 Sep 2011
Matthew Herbert, songwriter and electronic music producer, reflects on the continuing...
