Foster the Music: Darmstadt

One of the world’s most famous new music festivals has been held in   Darmstadt since 1946. We’ll trace the festival from its beginnings   through modern times and feature some of the seminal works that were   premiered there.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Produced by Jesse McQuarters

PLAYLIST

Stockhausen: Kreuzspiel (excerpt)

Alfred Schweinfurter, oboe; Wolfgang Marx, bass clarinet; David Tudor, piano;

Christoph Caskel, Heinz Haedler, & Manfred Wehner, percussion/Stockhausen

Pierre Boulez: Doubles

Het Residentie Orkest/Boulez

Luciano Berio: Sequenza No. 1 for Flute

Severino Gazzelloni, flute

Darmstadt archives

Beat Furrer: à un moment de terre perdue

Klangforum Wien/Furrer

Enno Poppe: Salz

Ensemble Mosaik