Great Lives - Kirill Gerstein on Ferruccio Busoni
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Pianist Kirill Gerstein chooses the conductor and composer Ferruccio Busoni. Matthew Parris presents.
When Busoni died in Berlin in 1924, his pupil Kurt Weill said, "We did not lose a human being but a value."
Unravelling exactly what this means is the pianist Kirill Gerstein, a great admirer of Busoni and also a performer of his work. Busoni was a thinker as well as a composer. His book from 1907, Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, has influenced generations of musicians.
With contributions from Erinn Knyt and Anthony Beaumont
Producer: Miles Warde.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
Published on Wednesday, 1st May 2019.
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