BBC Music Archive (1280x720p HD, 50fps, soft Eng subs)

Note: I have already uploaded some of these performances. This torrent collates and expands the collection.

Boulez at 80
First transmitted in 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.


BBC Proms 2005: Michael Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams
First transmitted in 2005, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales - conducted by Richard Hickox - performs a new concerto by Michael Berkeley. Soprano Susan Gritton sings four songs by Benjamin Britten, and there is a performance of Vaughan Williams' 1913 work 'A London Symphony'. Live from Royal Albert Hall.

Celebrity Recital - Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears
First transmitted in 1964, this is an informal concert of traditional English songs given to an audience of friends at the Riverside Studios, London, by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

John Cage Live at the Barbican
First transmitted in 2004, this concert from London's Barbican features the music of composer, writer, artist and mushroom expert John Cage, one of the most extraordinary artistic figures of the 20th Century.In this concert, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra as part of its annual Composer Weekend, we hear music by some of the giants of American music including Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, William Schuman and Henry Cowell, who was a major influence on Cage. There are two pieces by Cage himself, The Seasons and the work for which he is infamous - the silent 4'33".

Julian Bream Masterclass
First transmitted in 1978, the internationally acclaimed guitarist Julian Bream presents the first in a series of masterclasses on the guitar, recorded in the informal atmosphere of his home in Wiltshire.
i. Isaac Albéniz
ii. Heitor Villa-Lobos
iii. J. S. Bach
iv. Benjamin Britten
v. Julian Bream Festival

Music Masters - John Adams
First transmitted in 2001, minimalist composer John Adams talks about his career to conductor Charles Hazlewood, as his opera, El Nino, prepares to open in Paris.

Music Masters - Stockhausen
First transmitted in 2001, Charles Hazlewood talks to Karlheinz Stockhausen about his life and work. The German composer is shown in rehearsal and performing his work.Known for his ground-breaking work in electronic music the ‘Papa of Techno’ discusses his influence on artists including Björk, Grateful Dead and Portishead. Stockhausen also reflects on the importance of dreams on his work and recalls the dream that led him to create one of his best-know pieces: Helikopter-Streichquartett. The composition requires the four members of a string quartet to each perform in a separate helicopter whilst circling in the sky.

Omnibus - Diaghilev: The Years Abroad
First transmitted in 1968, this is the first of two Omnibus programmes about the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Presented by Peter Ustinov, this episode focuses on Diaghilev’s early life and the first seasons of his legendary ballet company Ballets Russes from 1909 until the outbreak of war in 1914. Friends and colleagues, including Cecil Beaton and prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina, reveal what Diaghilev meant to them and the impact he had on both ballet and the artists he commissioned.

Philip Glass Concert: Live at the Barbican
First transmitted in 2001, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop, performs UK premieres of three works by American composer Philip Glass at the Barbican Hall.In an interview with presenter Charles Hazlewood, Philip Glass discusses the influence of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on his work and explains why he is uncomfortable being referred to as a minimalist composer. Music includes the European premier of Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists & Orchestra with solo timpanists Jonathan Haas and John Chimes.

The Sound and the Fury in Concert - Cage, Feldman, Reich, Monk, Part and Benjamin
Performances of works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Arvo Part and George Benjamin by the London Sinfonietta, the Guildhall School of Musicians, So Percussion, pianist Vicky Chow and Meredith Monk recorded in 2012 for BBC Four’s The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music.

Vicky Chow plays Book One of ‘Music of Changes’ by John Cage as well as Morton Feldman’s ‘Piano Piece (for Philip Guston)’. Steve Reich’s ‘Drumming’ is performed by So Percussion whilst Meredith Monk performs her own ‘Gotham Lullaby’. Arvo Part’s ‘Spiegel im Spiegel’ is played by the Guildhall School of Musicians, and George Benjamin’s ‘At First Light’ is played by the London Sinfonietta, who also perform John Cage’s seminal 4’33”.

The Sound and the Fury in Concert - Messiaen, Ligeti, Xenakis & Birtwistle
Performances by the London Sinfonietta and cellist Oliver Coates of works by Oliver Messiaen, Gyorg Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis and Harrison Birtwistle recorded in 2012 for BBC Four’s The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music.

Performances include the 1st and 5th Movements of Oliver Messiaen’s ‘Quartet for the End of Time’, the 1st Movement of Gyorg Ligeti’s ‘Chamber Concerto’, Oliver Coates performing Iannis Xenakis’s ‘Kottos’ plus ‘Antistrophe’ and ‘Strasimon’ from Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘Trageodea’.

The Sound and the Fury in Concert - Schoenberg, Webern & Ives
Performances by the London Sinfonietta and composer Timothy Andres of works by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Charles Ives recorded in 2012 for BBC Four's The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music documentary series.

Performances include Arnold Schoenberg's 'String Quartet No 2' and '3 Piano Pieces' Opus 11 2nd Movement played by the London Sinfonietta with pianist John Constable. Anton Webern's 'Six Bagatelles' is performed by members of the Aurora Orchestra and Charles Ives's 'Concord Sonata' is played by Timothy Andres.

War Requiem - First transmitted in 1964, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is performed at the Royal Albert Hall. The Melos Ensemble is conducted by Benjamin Britten, and the performers include Heather Harper (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (baritone) and Simon Preston (organ and chamber organ). Also featured are the BBC Chorus and Choral Society, Boys from Emanuel School, London Philharmonic Choir, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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