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Heiner Goebbels

Saturday 7 October 2006 23:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Highlighting the music of German composer Heiner Goebbels. Ivan Hewett talks to Goebbels about his unique blend of music, text and politics. Including Goebbels' Suite for Sampler and Orchestra, and his recent reworking of an opera as a radio piece - Landscape with distant relatives - which uses texts by Gertrude Stein and TS Eliot.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist

Presenter: Ivan Hewett
Producer: Jessica Isaacs
Broadcast Assistant: Benedict Warren


GOEBBELS Suite for Sampler & Orchestra (30'45")
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Peter Rundel (conductor)
ECM 465 3382 (CD)

GOEBBELS Landscape with distant relatives (50'00")
David Bennent (narrator), Deutschen Kammerchor, Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu (conductor)

GOEBBELS D & C for Orchestra (11'35")
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Peter Rundel (conductor)
ECM 465 3382 (CD)

GOEBBELS Paradise and Hell (04'39")
Alfred Harth (saxophone)
Heiner Goebbels (piano)
(CD - currently unavailable)


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