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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Composer of the Week: Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998): Episode 5

Episode 5

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Episode 5

Donald Macleod explores Schnittke's last works, including the Ninth Symphony.

Donald Macleod explores Schnittke's last years. Including a performance of the Ninth Symphony, deciphered after the composer's death by Alexander Raskatov.

Donald Macleod presents a celebration of the music of the USSR's last great composer, Alfred Schnittke.

Almost incapacited by a series of crippling strokes, Schnittke continued heroically to compose right until his death in 1998. Donald is joined for a final time by Schnittke's friend and biographer Alexander Ivashkin to discuss the composer's last work: his enigmatic Ninth Symphony, deciphered after his death from near-illegible scrawl by composer Alexander Raskatov.

Featuring excerpts from Schnittke's last film music - for an adaptation of Bulgakov's diabolical story The Master and Margarita - and his controversial opera, Life With An Idiot, a work that brutally sends up life in Communist USSR.

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Donald Macleod celebrates the work of Alfred Schnittke, the USSR's last great composer

Donald Macleod and Russian music expert Alexander Ivashkin explore the work of Alfred Schnittke, the USSR's last great composer. He was an enigmatic man and had a very individual musical style

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