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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. Following on from Kate's exploration of the music of Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g in last week's programme, here we travel through a sliding door as Gillian looks at the music of Kurt谩g's friend and contemporary and, in some ways, complete opposite: Gy枚rgy Ligeti. While Kurt谩g spent the majority of his life behind the curtain in Hungary, Ligeti fled to the West and created works of flamboyant terror, violence and dark humour. In this programme, we鈥檒l meet the work which caused the famously straight Pierre Boulez to get the giggles, discover the element in Liegti's music that he likened to Brownian motion, and listen to a symphony scored for just four players. Our featured work is Ligeti's Requiem, first performed in Stockholm in 1965, an extraordinary choral work which features the composer's pioneering use of "micropolyphony".

Produced by Sam Phillips
A Reduced Listening production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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