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Boulez at 100: Re-imagined

Caoutchouc and Plus-Minus Ensemble perform specially commissioned music live from the 蜜芽传媒's Maida Vale studios, including works by Boulez, Alex Hills and Natacha Diels.

Kate Molleson and Tom Service present a live, Boulez-themed edition of the show from the 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Maida Vale studios in London. Performing specially commissioned music tonight in front of a studio audience are Caoutchouc and Plus-Minus Ensemble. Caoutchouc is a duo comprising Jessie Marino and Serge Vuille, an uncategorisable mix of percussion, fiddle, spoken word and electronics, and tonight they explore texts by and about Pierre Boulez. Plus-Minus Ensemble perform two pieces by Boulez, his Derive I for six instruments, and the lesser known, rarely performed Structures I for two pianos. Plus-Minus also bring two brand new pieces, both 鈥渞e-imaginings鈥� of older works: Alex Hills鈥檚 response to Ruth Crawford Seeger鈥檚 String Quartet, and Natacha Diels鈥檚 take on Mexican composer Juli谩n Carrillo鈥檚 Preludio a Col贸n. Both works are co-commissioned by 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 and Plus-Minus Ensemble. Also tonight, Nothing Ever Truly Ends, a new work by British composer Charlotte Bray, commissioned and performed by Ensemble intercontemporain at the Paris Philharmonie earlier this year; plus the first of this weekend鈥檚 postcards from Paris: the 98 year old Betsy Jolas tells Kate about her first ever meeting with Boulez.

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Sat 29 Mar 2025 22:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Caoutchouc

    Cars; Serialism for Dummies

  • Pierre Boulez

    Derive I

    Performer: Ensemble Plus-Minus.

  • Alex Hills

    Andante no longer for strings

    Ensemble: Plus-Minus Ensemble.

  • Caoutchouc

    Epic Correspondence

  • Pierre Boulez

    Structures I

    Performer: Roderick Chadwick. Performer: Mark Knoop.

  • Natacha Diels

    Adrift

    Ensemble: Plus-Minus Ensemble.

  • Caoutchouc

    Ondes Martenot; Saucisson

  • Charlotte Bray

    Nothing Ever Truly Ends

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.

  • 脡liane Radigue

    OCCAM IX

    Performer: Laetitia Sonami.
    • Black Truffle.
    • 122.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Mar 2025 22:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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