Composer of the Week - Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) - Episode 1

Donald Macleod is joined by composer, pianist and teacher George Benjamin, to explore Ligeti's life and music. He introduces keyboard works, including Continuum for harpsichord, which the composer described as being like 'innumerable thin slices of salami'; Harmonies for organ, for whose first performance Ligeti replaced the organ's regular wind supply with a vacuum cleaner; and his fist Book of Piano Etudes, considered a worthy successor to the Etudes of Chopin. Music ricercata (1951-3) - No 1 (excerpts) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Sony SK 62308 track 15 Continuum (1968 - excerpt) Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Wergo WER 6905-2 track 7 Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976) - Nos 1 and 2 Fredrik Ullen (pianos) BIS BIS-CD-1684 CD 2 tracks 32-3 Study No 1 (Harmonies -1967) Zsigmond Szathmary (organ) Sony SK 62307 track 20 Piano Etudes (Book 1 - 1985) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Sony SK 62308 tracks 1-6.