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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 4

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Ole Bull (1810-1880)

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Donald Macleod on Ole Bull's ambition to revolutionise Norway's musical culture.

Donald Macleod explores Ole Bull's ambition to revolutionise Norway's musical culture, tracing his influence on Grieg, Svendsen and virtuoso pianist Agathe Backer-Grondahl.

Bull's dazzling concerts are matched by a burning ambition to revolutionize the musical culture of his native Norway, even if an attempt to start a music academy ends in failure. Donald Macleod traces the composer's influence in the music of his contemporaries Edvard Grieg, Johan Svendsen, and the piano virtuoso Agathe Backer-Grøndahl.

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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