Pierre Boulez at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ: Master and Maverick
Tom Service presents 40 years of great ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 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 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 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 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony, he rehearses and performs Debussy, Stravinsky and Bartok, as well as a selection of his own extraordinary compositions. Boulez's relationship with the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ began in the 1960s and blossomed during his years as chief conductor of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra - leaving a vivid legacy in the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's TV archive.
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Pierre Boulez at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ
Duration: 01:50
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Pierre Boulez
ΈιΓ©±θ΄Η²Τ²υ
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain. -
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Alban Berg
Orchestral Pieces
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau sans Maitre
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Claude Debussy
Prelude Γ lΒaprΓ¨s-midi dΒun faune
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: New Philharmonia. -
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Claude Debussy
La Mer
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
Eclat
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau sans Maitre
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. -
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Pierre Boulez
Eclat
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. -
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Edgard Varèse
±υ²Τ³ΩΓ©²΅°ω²Ή±τ±π²υ
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Charles Ives
Three Places in New England
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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George Newson
Arena
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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GyΓΆrgy Ligeti
Nouvelles Aventures
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Gertie Charlent. Performer: Marie Cahn. Performer: William Pearson. -
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Alban Berg
Chamber Concerto
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Chamber Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau sans Maitre
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Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Michael Roll. -
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Claude Debussy
IbΓ©ria Β Morning of a Festival Day
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
ΈιΓ©±θ΄Η²Τ²υ
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Gurre-Lieder
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: The National Youth Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
Sur Incises
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain. -
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Harrison Birtwistle
The Triumph of Time
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
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Leos JanΓ‘Δek
Sinfonietta
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: WestβEastern Divan Orchestra. -
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Pierre Boulez
Messagesquisse
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: WestβEastern Divan Orchestra. Performer: Hassan Moataz El Molla.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Tom Service |
| Producer | Andy King-Dabbs |
| Director | Andy King-Dabbs |
| Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
Broadcasts
- Fri 29 Jan 2016 20:00
- Sun 31 Jan 2016 19:00
- Sat 4 Aug 2018 03:00
- Sun 17 Sep 2023 19:00
- Mon 18 Sep 2023 01:20
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