Harrison Birtwistle on BBC Radio 3 and Ö1

Posted by Johannes Feigl on 18 July 2014

The strength of Birtwistle’s music, and his way of showing time passing at different speeds are for me very striking, much more striking than any other English composer of his generation. (Pierre Boulez on Harrison Birtwistle)

Read more birthday tributes to Harrison Birtwistle on The Telegraph.

Harrison Birtwistle (c) Universal Edition, Eric Marinitsch

Tom Service will introduce an all-Birtwistle programme on BBC Radio 3 in this Saturday’s episode of Hear and Now. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 on 19 July at 23:30 and listen live.

Rainer Elstner has recently dedicated a Zeit-Ton portrait to the composer. Find out more about the show and can listen to a recording of the broadcast on Ö1.

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