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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Provocative debate, new ideas, music and performance
Music Played
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Helmut Lachenmann
Guero (1970, rev. 1988)
- Helmut Lachenmann 3: Solo Pieces.
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Helmut Lachenmann
Tableau
Performer: Erich Heigold. Performer: Helmut Fackler. Orchestra: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Zender.- Ausklang / Tableau.
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Helmut Lachenmann
mouvement ( - vor der Erstarrung)
Performer: Peter Eötvös. Orchestra: Ensemble Modern Orchestra.- Schwankungen Am Rand.
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Roger Smalley
Echo III
Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Andrew Powell.- Michael's Farewell: Stockhausen, Smalley, Souster, Powell.
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Helmut Lachenmann
Double (Grido II)
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Mathias Hermann.- Helmut Lachenmann: Schreiben; Double (Grido Ii).
Broadcast
- Sat 7 Nov 2015 22:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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