成人快手

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore continue their new landmark series for 成人快手 Radio 3 exploring the pivotal 'modern' musical works of the 20th century, the groundbreaking composers who created them, and the radical cultural and artistic movements which gave rise to them. This is a story about a hundred years of change. Of war. Of oppression. Of steps towards equality. Of censorship. Of rapid, inescapable technological advancement. Of machines. Of transport. Of science... And it's the story of how art and music responded, the story of the composers who defined the 20th century, who created 'modern' musical art which would shock, appall and fascinate in equal measure, changing the way we listen for ever.

In this second episode we are in America at the end of the 1910s. A French composer in his early 30s arrives in New York. As he steps off the boat and begins to find his feet in this unfamiliar land, his ears meet an array of novel sounds and his mind is full with groundbreaking music he has carried with him from Europe. The New World would prove to be a place of transformation for Var猫se. Surrounded by a circle of new artistic acquaintances as well as the sheer noise of the traffic, building work and sirens of the city, he would go on to reinvent the sound of the orchestra, starting with the first work he composed in the USA: Am茅riques.

Produced by Sam Phillips
A Reduced Listening production for 成人快手 Radio 3

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