Homage to Pierre Boulez Concert 1

The BBC SO in Monte Carlo conducted by Pascal Rophé in works from Boulez's conducting repertoire by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Bartok's Piano Concerto 2 with François-Frédéric Guy.

Recorded on Saturday 22nd March 2025 at the Auditorium Rainier III as part of the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo. Presented by Penny Gore.

Stravinsky: Agon
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2

Interval

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op.31

François-Frédéric Guy (Piano)*
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pascal Rophé (Conductor)

For over thirty years Pierre Boulez had a white-hot relationship conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. From the 1960s onwards together they leapt over musical boundaries, and in spectacular performances introduced the world to many of the great works of the twentieth century.
In the first of two recent concerts in Monte Carlo, celebrating Pierre Boulez's centenary, the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs some of the key music they worked on together.