Ian Pace, contemporary virtuoso pianist
A celebration of Ian Pace at 50, a virtuoso pianist who specialises in contemporary music. Ian plays music by Stockhausen, Finnissy, Dusapin, Rebecca Saunders and Ferneyhough.
A celebration of Ian Pace at 50, a virtuoso pianist who specialises in contemporary music, who has premiered many works by leading composers of our time.
This programme includes music that Ian has specially recorded for this broadcast, as well as CD and archive recordings. He joins presenter Robert Worby to discuss the music and his ongoing thoughts about performance practice.
Elliott Carter: 90+
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstuck X
Rebecca Saunders: Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Pascal Dusapin: A Quia
Orchestre De Paris, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach
Michael Finnissy: Alkan-Paganini
Brian Ferneyhough: Quirl
plus, short works written specially for Ian's 50th by Michael Spencer, Evan Johnson, Patricia Sucena de Almeida, Wieland Hoban and Paul Obermayer.
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Elliott Carter
90+ for piano
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Piano Piece 10
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Rebecca Saunders
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Michael Spencer
A Maze I(a)n (S)pace (Space [G]race)
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Evan Johnson
qu'en joye on vous demaine
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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PatrΓcia Sucena de Almeida
Desperatio - Piano Piece No. 5
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Wieland Hoban
Whiptail
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Paul Obermayer
Fra
Performer: Ian Pace. -
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Pascal Dusapin
Γ€ Quia (2nd and 3rd movements)
Performer: Ian Pace. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.- Dusapin: Concertos.
- Naive.
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Michael Finnissy
History of photography in sound for piano (no.5; Alkan-Paganini)
Performer: Ian Pace.- Metier.
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Brian Ferneyhough
Quirl
Performer: Ian Pace.
Broadcast
- Sat 6 Oct 2018 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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