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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: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Composer of the Week: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Episode 2

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

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BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Episode 2

Donald Macleod explores links between Mahler's early songs and his First Symphony.

Donald Macleod explores links between Mahler's early songs and his First Symphony. Including a rare performance of the orchestral movement, Blumine.

In 1885, Mahler was deeply in love for the first time - it wasn't to be the last. The composer's unrequited passion for opera singer Johanna Emma Richter led to the composition of the exquisite "Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen" for voice and orchestra, which in turn cross-pollinated his First Symphony.

Donald Macleod explores links between Mahler's early songs and his first symphonic work, including a rare performance of the orchestral movement "Blumine".

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 Mahler's early years, and links between his symphonies and poetry

Donald Macleod explores Mahler's early years - from his humble birth in the Bohemian backwater of Kaliste to his triumphant installation as director of the Vienna Opera at the age of 37

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