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Pierre Boulez at the Â鶹Éç: Master and Maverick

Tom Service presents 40 years of great Â鶹Éç archive featuring the French composer, conductor and musical icon Pierre Boulez, who died on 5th January 2016 at the age of 90.

Tom Service presents 40 years of great Â鶹Éç archive featuring the French composer, conductor and musical icon Pierre Boulez, who died on 5th January 2016 at the age of 90. Opinionated and challenging, Boulez transformed the way that musicians and audiences all over the world think about contemporary music. With orchestras including the Â鶹Éç Symphony, he rehearses and performs Debussy, Stravinsky and Bartok, as well as a selection of his own extraordinary compositions. Boulez's relationship with the Â鶹Éç began in the 1960s and blossomed during his years as chief conductor of the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra - leaving a vivid legacy in the Â鶹Éç's TV archive.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 18 Sep 2023 01:20

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  • Pierre Boulez

    ¸éé±è´Ç²Ô²õ

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain.
  • Alban Berg

    Orchestral Pieces

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Le Marteau sans Maitre

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: New Philharmonia.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Eclat

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Le Marteau sans Maitre

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Eclat

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
  • Edgard Varèse

    ±õ²Ô³Ùé²µ°ù²¹±ô±ð²õ

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Charles Ives

    Three Places in New England

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • George Newson

    Arena

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • György Ligeti

    Nouvelles Aventures

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Gertie Charlent. Performer: Marie Cahn. Performer: William Pearson.
  • Alban Berg

    Chamber Concerto

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Chamber Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Le Marteau sans Maitre

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Michael Roll.
  • Claude Debussy

    Ibéria – Morning of a Festival Day

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    ¸éé±è´Ç²Ô²õ

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurre-Lieder

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: The National Youth Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Sur Incises

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain.
  • Harrison Birtwistle

    The Triumph of Time

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.
  • Leos JanáÄek

    Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Messagesquisse

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Performer: Hassan Moataz El Molla.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Service
Producer Andy King-Dabbs
Director Andy King-Dabbs
Executive Producer Mark Cooper

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