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Composer of the Week: Puccini

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Daniel Snowman.
The Final Enigma. Why did Puccini write Turandot and why did he not finish it? Some regard Puccini's final work as the culmination of all that preceded it. Others, struck by its rhythmic intensity, imaginative harmonies and innovative orchestration, consider Puccini the first of the great operatic modernists. Repeat

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Source: Radio Times

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