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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; Johannes Brahms; Singing in the Rain

Composer of the Week: Johannes Brahms: Singing in the Rain

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Singing in the Rain

24/09/2008

Johannes Brahms

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johannes Brahms, Singing in the Rain

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's First Violin Sonata, inspired by Clara Schumann.

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's expressive First Violin Sonata - inspired by thoughts of his lost love Clara Schumann in the rain - and his rarely-performed String Quartet No 1.

Everyone knows that Brahms struggled with his First Symphony for years - terrified of failing to live up to the great Beethoven. Much less well-known is that he tore his hair out over the other great genre dominated by his hero - the String Quartet - quite literally wallpapering his bedroom with his failed attempts.

In the third programme of this series Donald Macleod takes us through two movements from Brahms's rarely-performed and oft-maligned First String Quartet, as well as a complete performance of his beautiful and lyrical first Violin Sonata, inspired by thoughts of his great lost love, Clara Schumann, among the falling rain.

Composer of the Week: Johannes Brahms

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Donald Macleod explores Brahms's body of chamber and instrumental works

Donald Macleod explores Brahms's body of chamber and instrumental works, capturing the composer in five distinct, eclectic and turbulent periods of his life

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