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Ustvolskaya: Brutality, extremity and God

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian explores the brutal musical world of Galina Ustvolskaya.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore introduce BBC Radio 3's series exploring the pivotal 'modern' musical works of the 20th century, the groundbreaking composers who created them, and the radical cultural and artistic movements which gave rise to them. This week, Gillian explores the brutal, austere musical world of Galina Ustvolskaya, a composer who seems to have revelled in the sense of loneliness; and leading up to a full performance of her Composition No. 2 'Dies irae' of 1973, we pay a visit to the huge theatre foyer panels painted by artist Yves Klein and explore another composer’s failed attempt to avoid censorship in the Soviet Union.

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59 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Nov 202521:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Composition 2: Dies Irae

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Ustvolskaya: Compositions I, II & III.
    • DECCA.

  • Black Sabbath

    Black Sabbath

    • Black Sabbath.
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Symphony No. 2 "True and Eternal Bliss!"

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Karlsson.
    • Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphonies Nos 1-5.
    • BIS.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Composition 1: Dona Nobis Pacem

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Ustvolskaya: Compositions I, II & III.
    • DECCA.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Clarinet Trio - III. Energico

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov. Performer: Kirill Rybakov. Performer: Alexander Trostiansky.
    • Silvestrov, Pärt, Ustvolskaya: Misterioso.
    • ECM.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92: I. Allegro non troppo

    Ensemble: Quatuor Danel.
    • Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1-15.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Credo

    Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Choir: Estonian National Male Choir. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Arvo Pärt: Credo.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.

  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

    Photoptosis

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphon.
    • ONDINE.

  • Marta Ptaszyńska

    Space Model

    Performer: Phoebe Houk. Performer: Carolyn Horn. Performer: Barbara Imhoff. Performer: Marta Ptaszyńska. Choir: The Dorian Choir. Conductor: Michael Ingham.
    • Epigrams - Nothing Is Sweeter Than Love.
    • ISPV.

  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

    Orchestra: Aukso Orchestra.
    • Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima / Popcorn Superhet Receiver / Polymorphia.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Composition 2: Dies Irae

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Ustvolskaya: Compositions I, II & III.
    • DECCA.

  • Ryoji Ikeda

    data.microhelix

    • dataplex.
    • Raster-Noton.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Nov 202521:00
    BBC Radio 3