Boulez at 80

2005

Pierre Boulez conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a special concert from the Barbican, as part of the composer's 80th birthday celebrations. The programme contains two compositions by Debussy; Jeux and Trois ballades de Villon, as well as Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel, featuring soprano Elizabeth Atherton as soloist.Presenter Charles Hazlewood interviews Boulez and discusses the concert with guest Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Pierre Boulez
as Self - conductor
Charles Hazlewood
as Self - presenter
Peter Maxwell Davies
as Self - interviewed guest
Elizabeth Atherton
as Self - soloist

Boulez at 80

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Pierre Boulez

Charles Hazlewood

Peter Maxwell Davies

Elizabeth Atherton