UNIT 2 – Listening Examples
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MAR 5
Pierre BOULEZ – Le Marteau sans Maître (1955)
I. Avant "l'artisanat furieux" (before "the furious craftsmanship")
II. Commentaire I de "bourreaux de solitude" (first commentary on "hangmen of solitude")
III. "L'artisanat furieux" ("the furious craftsmanship")
IV. Commentaire II de "bourreaux de solitude" (second commentary on "hangmen of solitude")
V. "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", version première ("stately building and presentiments", first version)
VI. "Bourreaux de solitude" ("hangmen of solitude")
VII. Après "l'artisanat furieux" (after "the furious craftsmanship")
VIII. Commentaire III de "bourreaux de solitude" (third commentary on "hangmen of solitude")
IX. "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", double ("stately building and presentiments", again)

Elliott CARTER – String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
I. Introduction [0:00]
II. (I) Allegro fantastico [1:07]
III. Cadenza for Viola [3:46]
IV. (II) Presto scherzando [5:12]
V. Cadenza for Cello [7:09]
VI (III). Andante espressivo [9:02]
VII. Cadenza for 1st violin [12:34]
VIII. (IV) Allegro [14:16]
IX. Conclusion [18:57]

Conlon NANCARROW – Study for Player Piano No. 21 (Canon X)

Grazyna BACEWICZ – String Quartet No. 4 (1951)*
I. Andante – Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro giocoso
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MAR 7
Luciano BERIO – Sinfonia (1969)*
I. –––
II. O King
III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
IV. –––
V. –––

György LIGETI – Requiem (1965)*
I. Introitus
II. Kyrie
III. De die judicii sequentia
IV. Lacrimosa

Krzysztof PENDERECKI – Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)

Giacinto SCELSI – Suite No. 8 "Bot-Ba: An Evocation of Tibet with its Monasteries on High Mountain Summits: Tibetan Rituals, Prayers and Dances" (1952)
I. [0:00]
II. [3:04]
III. [9:04]
IV. [13:35]
V. [18:07]
VI. [21:33]
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MAR 19
Benjamin BRITTEN – Peter Grimes (1945)
Act II [52:53]
Synopsis
Studio 360's "Walking with Benjamin Britten"

Leonard BERNSTEIN – West Side Story (1957)*
The making of West Side Story

William BOLCOM – Three Ghost Rags (1971)
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MAR 21
John CAGE – Aria (1958)
Score

Witold LUTOSLAWSKI – Symphony No. 2 (1967)*

Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN – Gesang der Jünglinge (1956)

Milton BABBITT – Philomel (1964)

Otto LUENING – Low Speed (1952)
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MAR 26
George CRUMB – Vox Balaenae (1971)*
Score available for use in music library
A lo-fi recording that follows the score

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA – Cantus Arcticus (1972)*

Helmut LACHENMANN – Pression (1970)

Kaija SAARIAHO – Six Japanese Gardens (1994)*
Score excerpts
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MAR 28
Paul HINDEMITH – Mathis der Maler (1935)

Frederic RZEWSKI – The People United Will Never Be Defeated (1975)
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Naxos complete recording*

Louis ANDRIESSEN – Workers' Union (1975)*
notes from Los Angeles Philharmonic