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Free Thinking: Tearing up the Rule Book

Tom Service hears from composer Helmut Lachenmann as he turns 80. Plus Kerry Andrew with a report on Peter J Evans's Broken Telephone installation at Baltic 39 in Gateshead.

As part of Free Thinking, Tom Service talks to one of the most visionary and rule-breaking contemporary composers, Helmut Lachenmann, who turns 80 on 27th November. The programme includes a selection of works chosen by Helmut Lachenmann. Tom Service also pays tribute to the British-Australian composer Roger Smalley, who died in August this year and was one of the most distinctive composers of the post-Second World War generation. Plus, Kerry Andrew visits BALTIC 39 in Newcastle, where Free Thinking is taking place this weekend, to report on Peter J Evans's new sound-installation, Broken Telephone.

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Sat 7 Nov 201522:00
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Music Played

  • Helmut Lachenmann

    Guero (1970, rev. 1988)

    • Helmut Lachenmann 3: Solo Pieces.

  • Helmut Lachenmann

    Tableau

    Performer: Erich Heigold. Performer: Helmut Fackler. Orchestra: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Zender.
    • Ausklang / Tableau.

  • Helmut Lachenmann

    mouvement ( - vor der Erstarrung)

    Performer: Peter Eötvös. Orchestra: Ensemble Modern Orchestra.
    • Schwankungen Am Rand.

  • Roger Smalley

    Echo III

    Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Andrew Powell.
    • Michael's Farewell: Stockhausen, Smalley, Souster, Powell.

  • Helmut Lachenmann

    Double (Grido II)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Mathias Hermann.
    • Helmut Lachenmann: Schreiben; Double (Grido Ii).

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  • Sat 7 Nov 201522:00
    BBC Radio 3

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