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Composer of the Week: Nielsen

BBC Radio 3
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5/5. Simplicity. In Nielsen's final years - his most creative period, despite declining health - he set himself a new challenge: a search for simplicity. Donald Macleod explores Nielsen's last works.
Molto Adagio, Op 59 No 2 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia Semplice) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Commotio, Op 58 Christopher Herrick (organ) Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Unknown:
Christopher Herrick
Source: Radio Times

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