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Luigi Nono: Revolutionary song, and the retreat into sound

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian delves into the quiet, late work of Luigi Nono.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore present 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3's series exploring the pivotal 'modern' musical works of the 20th century, the groundbreaking composers who created them, and the radical cultural and artistic movements which gave rise to them. In this episode, Gillian explores the highly charged left wing politics of Luigi Nono's early pieces and finds a contrast with the quiet works which he composed in the later years of his life. On the way to a full performance of his final work "Hay que caminar" so帽ando KOE 20A (premiered in Berlin in October, 1989), we explore the approaches of political composers in Italy who laid the groundwork for Nono鈥檚 music, find ourselves wandering without destination with Morton Feldman, and discover how to listen truly deeply with Pauline Oliveros.

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59 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Sep 2025 21:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Luigi Nono

    Hay que Caminar, Solando

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Tatiana Grindenko.
    • La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Soul II Soul

    Keep on Movin

    • Keep on Movin.

  • Luigi Nono

    Hay que Caminar, Solando

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Tatiana Grindenko.
    • La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Luigi Nono

    Il canto sospeso - VI

    Performer: Barbara Bonney. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Singer: Susanne Otto. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Singer: Marek Torzewski.
    • Nono: Il Canto Sospeso; Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Ich Bin der Welt Abhanden Gek.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Luigi Nono

    La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura

    Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Luigi Dallapiccola

    Il Prigioniero - Scene 4

    Singer: Phyllis Bryn鈥怞ulson. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Choir: Swedish Radio Choir. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Lage Wedin. Singer: Jorma Hynninen. Singer: Howard Haskin. Singer: Sven-Erik Alexandersson. Choir: The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir.
    • Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero & Canti di prigionia.
    • SONY.

  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel - III

    Performer: Kim Kashkashian. Performer: Sarah Rothenberg. Performer: Steven Schick. Singer: Sonja Bruzauskas. Singer: Lauren Snouffer. Choir: Houston Chamber Choir. Conductor: Robert Simpson.
    • Rothko Chapel.
    • ECM.

  • Luigi Nono

    Prometeo Suite: Isola seconda: (b) H枚lderlin

    Performer: Ulrike Krumbiegel. Performer: Mathias Schadock. Performer: Manfred Preis. Performer: Michael Hasel. Performer: Christhard G枚ssling. Singer: Susanne Otto. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Singer: Peter Hall. Singer: Ingrid Ade-Jesemann. Singer: Monika Bair-Ivenz. Choir: Solistenchor Freiburg.
    • Prometheus 鈥� The Myth In Music.
    • Sony.

  • Pauline Oliveros

    Ione

    Performer: Pauline Oliveros. Performer: Stuart Dempster.
    • Deep Listening.
    • NEW ALBION.

  • Luigi Nono

    Hay que Caminar, Solando

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Tatiana Grindenko.
    • La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Clarissa Connelly

    Walden

    Performer: Clarissa Connelly.
    • The Voyager.
    • Self-Released.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 21:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3