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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

Composer of the Week: Leos Janacek (1854-1928): Episode 2

Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

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Donald Macleod presents music of the open air and the story of a woman six centuries old.

Donald Macleod presents music of the open air, and the story of a woman six centuries old - in Janacek's Concertino for piano and opera The Makropoulos Affair.

In today's episode, Donald Macleod explores music of the open air - and the story of a woman six centuries old...

Janacek's "Danube" symphony was left unfinished at his death - all that remains of a planned trip down the river with his beloved Kamila that never came to fruition. Meanwhile, the composer's Concertino for piano stands as one of his most charming works - full of filigree flourishes and charming melodies inspired by a spring spent in the idyllic countryside of Eastern Czechoslovakia.

We end with the climactic scene of the composer's penultimate opera - the tragic case of Emila Marty, doomed to live forever, in the legal drama "The Makropoulos Affair".

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 brilliant, tempestuous last five years of the life of Janacek.

Donald Macleod explores the brilliant, tempestuous last five years of the life of Leos Janacek, a composer who has been described as classical music's 'anti-prodigy'

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