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Composer of the Week: Sibelius

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"My sanity is failing... everything is going to pieces," wrote Sibelius in his diary on New Year's Eve, 1912. In the last of this week's five programmes Donald Macleod recounts some of the many difficulties that Sibelius faced from his forties onwards and considers some of his later works.

Serenade No 2, Op 69 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Andre Previn

Flower Songs, Op 88 - Karita Mattila (soprano), Ilmo Ranta (piano)

The Bard, Op 64 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Grant Llewellyn

Valse Triste (Kuolema) - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Tapiola, Op 112 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Paul Daniel

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Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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