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Louis Andriessen: Disrupting the mainstream

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian explores the music of the Dutch radical Louis Andriessen.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore present BBC 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 music of the Dutch radical Louis Andriessen, leading to a full listen to his work De Staat or The Republic of 1976. To get there, Gillian traverses the thorny issue of Stravinsky vs Schoenberg, finds a noisy disruption at a Concertgebouw concert, and tries to get to the bottom of what “Unpolite Minimalism” might encompass...

Produced by Sam Phillips.
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59 minutes

Music Played

  • Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    • Rock Of The Westies.
    • EMI.
  • Louis Andriessen

    De Staat

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • De Staat.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Louis Andriessen

    De Stijl

    Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw. Ensemble: Asko Ensemble.
    • De Stijl / M is for Man, Music, Mozart.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of Psalms

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Symphony of Psalms.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Louis Andriessen

    De Stijl

    Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw. Ensemble: Asko Ensemble.
    • De Stijl / M is for Man, Music, Mozart.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Betty Olivero

    Pan

    Ensemble: Israel Flute Ensemble.
    • Pan.
    • Israel Music Institute.
  • Louis Andriessen

    Anacronie 1

    Orchestra: Nederlands Ballet Orkest.
    • Nocturnen / Ittrospezione III (Concept II) / Anachronie I / Contra Tempus / Anac.
    • Composers' Voice.
  • Mauricio Kagel

    Exotica

    Ensemble: Non European Instrumentalists. Conductor: Mauricio Kagel.
    • Kagel: Exotica & Tactil.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Meredith Monk

    Education of the Girl Child

    Performer: Meredith Monk. Performer: Collin Walcott. Performer: Steve Lockwood.
    • Dolmen Music.
    • ECM.
  • Louis Andriessen

    De Staat

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • De Staat.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Julia Wolfe

    LAD

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • softLOUD.
    • DELPHIAN.

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Mar 202621:00