BBC Radio Podcasts from Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics
Witold Lutoslawski's Jeux Venitiens
Conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen celebrates the music of Polish composer and...
Bernhard Lang's Differenz/Wiederholung 2
Composer Matthew Shlomowitz makes the case for Austrian composer Bernhard Lang’s 2,...
Eliane Radigue's Songs of Milarepa
Author and journalist Rob Young nominates French composer Eliane Radigue's Songs of of...
Heiner Goebbels's Surrogate Cities
Hear and Now presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates the music of German composer on...
Gerard Grisey's Partiels
Composer Julian Anderson singles out Partiels for orchestra, from French spectralist...
Igor Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles
Composer John Woolrich nominates Stravinsky's last completed work with orchestra,...
Per Norgard's Symphony No.2
Novelist and critic Philip Hensher makes the case for Per Norgard's Symphony No.
John Zorn's Carny
Critic and Hear and Now presenter Tom Service nominates American composer John Carny,...
Jean Barraque's Chant apres chant
Pianist Nicolas Hodges nominates Jean Barraque's Chant apres chant, one of just a of...
Alvin Lucier's I am sitting in a room
Sound artist Kaffe Matthews on Alvin Lucier’s I am sitting in a room and how it’s...
Gyorgy Kurtag's Officium Breve
Critic and Hear and Now presenter Ivan Hewett nominates Hungarian composer Gyorgy in...
Terry Riley's In C
Singer and conductor Paul Hillier celebrates Terry Riley’s icon of musical and to of...
Pauline Oliveros's V of IV
Composer and Hear and Now presenter Robert Worby singles out V of IV, an early work by...
Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Gavin Bryars's mould-breaking 1971 score Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a work a...
Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon
Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden explains why Silver Apples of the Moon by the American out...
Giacinto Scelsi's Ygghur
Cellist Frances-Marie Uitti celebrates the music of Giacinto Scelsi, the Italian from...
Helmut Lachenmann's Mouvement
Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard champions the music of maverick German composer Helmut a...
Michael Nyman's The Draughtsman's Contract
Violinist Alexander Balanescu recounts his part in Michael Nyman's groundbreaking for...
Hans Abrahamsen's Winternacht
Author Paul Griffiths singles out this early work for ensemble by Danish composer Hans...
Claude Vivier's Lonely Child
The soprano Barbara Hannigan celebrates Claude Vivier’s profoundly moving work for...
Galina Ustvolskaya's Octet
Composer and writer Gerard McBurney nominates the austere and uncompromising Octet by...
Harrison Birtwistle's The Triumph of Time
Pianist Joanna MacGregor celebrates Harrison Birtwistle’s The Triumph of Time, an as...
Kevin Volans's White Man Sleeps
Choreographer Siobhan Davies nominates White Man Sleeps by the South African-born and...
George Benjamin's At First Light
Gillian Moore champions George Benjamin’s early orchestral score At First Light, its...
Olivier Messiaen's Chronochromie
Composer George Benjamin advocates the "exuberant, thrilling and virtuosic" orchestral...
Schaeffer & Henry's Symphonie pour un homme seul
Hollywood sound designer and film editor Walter Murch nominates Symphonie pour un seul...
Philip Glass's Music in Twelve Parts
Composer Nico Muhly nominates Philip Glass's Music in Twelve Parts, a large-scale set...
Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King
Writer and critic Paul Driver explains why Maxwell Davies’s 8 Songs For A Mad King a...
George Crumb's Black Angels
Violinist David Harrington celebrates George Crumb's groundbreaking 1970 work for - to...
Gerald Barry's Piano Quartet No.1
Composer Anna Meredith nominates Gerald Barry's "bold and daring" Piano Quartet No.
Toru Takemitsu's Kwaidan
Writer and musician David Toop celebrates Toru Takemitsu's soundtrack for Masaki 1964...
Luigi Nono's Al gran sole carico d'amore
Theatre director Katie Mitchell describes her first encounter with the music of Luigi...
Milton Babbitt's Philomel
Jazz pianist Ethan Iverson nominates Milton Babbitt's Philomel for soprano and tape,...
Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Film director Barrie Gavin selects Jonathan Harvey's Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco, an of...
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Gruppen
Finnish conductor and music director of Ensemble InterContemporain Susanna Malkki pays...
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia
Conductor Richard Bernas recalls his momentous first encounter with Berio's Sinfonia,...
Arvo Part's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Roxanna Panufnik nominates Arvo Part's Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten, simple and...
Morton Feldman's Extensions 3
Howard Skempton singles out Extensions 3 by the American composer Morton Feldman, a he...
Conlon Nancarrow's Study No.21
Stephen Fry describes his delight and bewilderment at first hearing Conlon Nancarrow's...
Brian Ferneyhough's Bone Alphabet
Percussionist Steven Schick recalls how a chance meeting with Brian Ferneyhough led to...
Howard Skempton's Lento
Artist Tom Phillips on Howard Skempton's Lento for orchestra, a completely tonal piece...
Edgard Varese's Poeme electronique
Composer and former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton nominates Poeme electronique by a...
John Cage's 4'33"
Artist Tacita Dean on John Cage's legendary 4'33" and how it provided an inspiration...
Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning
Pianist and Scratch Orchestra member John Tilbury speaks up for The Great Learning by...
Iannis Xenakis's Nomos Alpha
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how Iannis Xenakis uses the symmetry of a cube...
Louis Andriessen's De Staat
Dutch composer Michel van der Aa salutes compatriot Louis Andriessen's 1976 work for...
Pierre Boulez's Le Marteau sans Maitre
Sir Harrison Birtwistle singles out Pierre Boulez's 1950s cycle for voice and mixed a...
Elliott Carter's String Quartet No.3
Novelist and poet Mark Haddon explains what it is about Elliott Carter's String No...
Gyorgy Ligeti's Atmospheres
Film-maker Sophie Fiennes explains why she chose György Ligeti's Atmosphères for the...
Steve Reich's Different Trains
Matthew Herbert, songwriter and electronic music producer, reflects on the continuing...