Gubaidulina: Religious Rebel
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Gillian explores the spiritual music of the Soviet-born Sofia Gubaidulina.
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore explore 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.
This week, Gillian explores the spiritually-charged music of Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025), including a full performance of the work which led to her recognition outside of the Soviet Union: the Violin Concerto 'Offertorium'. The score of this piece had to be smuggled out of the Soviet Union for performance in Europe by it鈥檚 dedicatee Gidon Kremer, who was in exile, having refused to return to the country after a two-year period of permission to perform worldwide. Gillian discovers how the composer reconnected with her nationality through folk music, and explores how Gubaidulina's incorporation of the music of her devout faith into her work represented a major act of rebellion.
"I am a religious Russian Orthodox person and I understand 鈥榬eligion鈥 in the literal meaning of the word, as 鈥榬e-ligio鈥, that is to say the restoration of connections, the restoration of the 鈥榣egato鈥 of life. There is no more serious task for music than this." 鈥 Sofia Gubaidulina
Produced by Sam Phillips
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Offertorium
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Gubaidulina: Offertorium & Hommage 脿 T. S. Eliot.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Kate Bush
Babooshka
- Never for Ever.
- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Offering ricercar a 6 BWV 1079
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Musical Offering ricercar a 6 BWV 1079.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anton Webern
Ricercar a 6
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 & Webern: Orchestral Works.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Alfred Schnittke
Symphony no.2 - Crucifixus
Choir: Mikaeli kammark枚r. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- Symphony No 2, St Florian.
- BIS.
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Witold Lutos艂awski
Cello Concerto
Performer: Johannes Moser. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.- Cello Concerto.
- PENTATONE.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Astraea
Composer: Viktor Suslin. Composer: Vyacheslav Artyomov. Performer: Miles Anderson. Performer: Sofia Gubaidulina. Performer: Sofia Gubaidulina. Performer: Viktor Suslin. Performer: Viktor Suslin. Performer: Vyacheslav Artyomov. Performer: Vyacheslav Artyomov.- Astraea.
- 惭茅迟颈别谤.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Offertorium
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Gubaidulina: Offertorium & Hommage 脿 T. S. Eliot.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Caterina Barbieri
Arrows of Time
Performer: Caterina Barbieri.- Ecstatic Computation.
- Light-years.
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Hania Rani
Nostalgia
Performer: Hania Rani.- Nostalgia.
- Gondwana Records.
Broadcast
- Sunday 21:00成人快手 Radio 3