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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: Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Composer of the Week: Alexander Borodin (1833-1887): Episode 5

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Episode 5

Donald Macleod explores Borodin's last works, including the unfinished Third Symphony.

Donald Macleod explores Borodin's last works, including the Petite Suite for piano and his unfinished Third Symphony.

As Borodin's scientific career grew ever more distinguished, his compositions became fewer. In today's episode, Donald Macleod introduces his last major works, the "Petite Suite" and "Allegro" for piano, as well as exploring his third and final symphony, left unfinished at the composer's death and completed by Alexander Glazunov.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of polymath composer Alexander Borodin

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Alexander Borodin, a polymath, who was one of Russia's great research chemists as well one of the 19th century's most enchanting composers

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