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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 BBC.

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 BBC.

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

Pli selon pli - Don
Halina Lukomska (soprano), members of BBC SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

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

RItuel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
BBC SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
BBC commission (1975)

Cummings ist der dichter
BBC Singers, BBC SO, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Le soleil des eaux
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC SO, Pierre Boulez

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

2 hours

Last on

Sat 26 Mar 201622:00

Credit

RoleContributor
PerformerBBC Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Mar 201622:00

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