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Boulez at 100: A journey to éǰ

As part of the celebrations of 100th anniversary of the French composer Pierre Boulez, your tour guide Sara Mohr-Pietsch sets her sights on Boulez's elegiac masterpiece éǰ.

As part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the brilliant and influential French composer Pierre Boulez, Sara Mohr-Pietsch sets out on a musical sightseeing tour towards Boulez's compact, elegiac masterpiece éǰ. Music by Maurice Ravel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edgar Varèse, Nadia Boulanger and Claude Debussy are among the stops on this special tour, paying homage to Boulez as both composer and conductor.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptus, D.899: No. 2 in E Flat

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • The Complete Impromptus - Moments Musicaux.
    • Decca.
  • William Byrd

    Ye Sacred Muses

    Singer: Patrick Dunachie. Ensemble: The King’s Singers. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Tom + Will.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Charles Mingus

    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

    Performer: John Handy. Performer: Horace Parlan. Performer: Willie Dennis. Performer: Dannie Richmond. Singer: Charles Mingus.
    • Mingus Ah Um.
    • Columbia.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Tabula Rasa.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Pierre Boulez

    éǰ

    Performer: Sophie Cherrier. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez: Orchestral & Chamber Works.
    • Erato.
  • Edgard Varèse

    Density 21.5

    Performer: Lawrence Beauregard.
    • Arcana • Amériques • Ionisation • Offrandes • Density 21.5 • Octandre • Intégral.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tombeau De Sa Majesté La Reine De Pologne - Chorus: "Lass, Fürstin"

    Ensemble: Ricercar Consort. Director: Philippe Pierlot.
    • Tombeau De Sa Majesté La Reine De Pologne.
    • Mirare.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau De Couperin: IV Rigaudon

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez / The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Betsy Jolas

    Lassus-Fantaisie: O Doux Parler

    Ensemble: XASAX. Ensemble: thélème.
    • Mutations: Les Chimères de Clément Janequin.
    • Coviello Classics.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sound Postings LLC.
  • Jean‐Féry Rebel

    Les Élémens: Le Cahos

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Les Élémens / Alessandro.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer: I. De L'Aube À Midi Sur La Mer

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • La Mer.
    • Decca.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Op. 10 No. 3 In D, RV 428 "Il Gardellino" - Allegro

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • Flute Concertos.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Shabaka Hutchings

    As The Planets And The Stars Collapse

    Composer: Miguel Atwood‐Ferguson. Performer: Shabaka Hutchings. Performer: Charles Overton. Performer: Miguel Atwood‐Ferguson.
    • Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace.
    • Impulse!.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Trois Poémes De Stephane Mallarme: Soupir

    Singer: Jill Gomez. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Sheherazade, Trois Poémes De Stephane Mallarme, Chansons Madecasses, Don.
    • CBS Masterworks.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks (Orchestral Fantasy Op. 4)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Mar 2025 13:30