20th Century Radicals Episodes Episode guide
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08/02/2026
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Olivier Messiaen: Colours of the infinite
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Halim El-Dabh: A life of vibration
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Helmut Lachenmann: The Beauty of Decay
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Henry Cowell: Shock, scandal and the New York subway
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Betsy Jolas: language, breath, and living sound
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Daphne Oram: Nature and machine are one
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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A Very Christmas Radical: Jonathan Harvey
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Tristan Murail: the birth and death of sounds
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Anthony Braxton: Agency and ancestry
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Ustvolskaya: Brutality, extremity and God
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Talib Hakim: Incantation and awakening
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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The Two Pierres: War as creator, machine as musician
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Milton Babbitt: Strictly systematic structuring of sounds
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Luciano Berio: Adventures with the human voice
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Harry Partch: Ancient Greece, carpentry and hearing between the lines
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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György Ligeti: Complexity, alienation, horror
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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György Kurtág: Brevity, intensity and the past
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Luigi Nono: Revolutionary song, and the retreat into sound
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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John Cage: rhythm over melody, and the I Ching
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Witold Lutoslawski: fate, struggle and controlling chance
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Harrison Birtwistle: ritual and the ancient past
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Knussen: A God of small things
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Radigue: The slow search for sound within sound
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Eastman: sexuality, race and repetition
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Cardew: Democracy and U-turns
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Schoenberg: Breaking harmony
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century.
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Feldman: Tactile listening and surface tension
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Gubaidulina: Religious Rebel
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century
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Xenakis: Birds, Buildings and the Horror of War
Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century