Lucia Dlugoszewski: Tapping the creative unknown

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, Kate journeys into the unique musical universe of Lucia Dlugoszewski, leading to a full performance of her work for brass and an orchestra of invented percussion instruments 'Tender Theatre Flight Nageire' from the 1970s. We’ll rub shoulders with the avant-garde crowd of New York’s experimental art scene in the 1950s; visit the dance companies of Erick Hawkins and Merce Cunningham; and discover which work John Cage got Dlugoszewski to play to Arnold Schoenberg. Plus, Kate explores Dlugoszewski’s philosophy of musical immediacy.

Produced by Sam Phillips.
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3.

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