Documentary

With musical excerpts of: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Ives: Decoration Day, Cage: First Construction in Metal, Carter: Celebration of some 100 x 150 notes, Feldman: Mme Press died last week at 90, Riley: In C, Adams: Harmonium, Copland: Appalachian Sprin

With musical excerpts of: Berio: Laborintus II, Henze: Symphony No. 8, Kurt?g: Grabstein f?r Stefan, Birtwistle: Ritual Fragment, Turnage: Drowned Out, Knussen: Flourish of Fireworks, Gubaidulina: ZeitgestaltenWritten and presented by Sir Simon Rattle

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