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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: Ole Bull (1810-1880)

Composer of the Week: Ole Bull (1810-1880): Episode 3

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Ole Bull (1810-1880)

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Donald Macleod on Ole Bull's ambition to establish his own Norwegian colony in America.

Donald Macleod investigates Ole Bull's failed ambition to establish his own Norwegian colony in America, as well as unfortunate incidents on his tours of the country.

One ambition eclipsed even Bull's pretensions to be the world's greatest violin virtuoso: a burning desire to set up his own Norwegian colony in the US. Donald Macleod charts the precipitous rise and fall of the scheme with the help of Bull's biographer Harald Herresthal, and follows the composer as his American tours see him caught up in a fire aboard a steamer and brawling with locals over a glass of whisky.

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 Norwegian composer and violinist Ole Bull

Donald Macleod is joined by biographer Harald Herresthal to explore the life and work of Norwegian composer, violinist and musical revolutionary Ole Bull

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