A Compulsory Show

The third movement of Berio’s Sinfonia is on YouTube, in two parts. Beckett draped over a Mahler skeleton, interlaced with references to Ravel, Stravinsky, Debussy, and Boulez (amongst many others). What could be better?

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One Response to A Compulsory Show

  1. Charles Braslow says:

    Thanks for posting this. Such an enjoyable work, which repays multiple listenings by multiple interpreters. Something new always pops out.

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