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Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore present ��ѿ��ý 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, Kate explores the intense, short-form musical shadows created by György Kurtág, leading to full performance of his setting of Samuel Beckett’s What is the Word – a work in which language itself is broken down into tiny parts. On the way, we’ll find out what Béla Bartók referred to as his “mother tongue”, explore the tragedy inherent in the works of László Vidovszky, and discover a Hungarian visual artist whose paintings often feature tombstone motifs, a mirroring of the frequent musical memorials Kurtág himself makes for lost friends and colleagues. Produced by Sam Phillips A Reduced Listening production for ��ѿ��ý Radio 3 To listen on most smart speakers just say, “ask ��ѿ��ý Sounds to play 20th Century Radicals”