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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: Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Composer of the Week: Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909): Episode 3: Opera collaborations with Francis Money-Coutts

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

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Episode 3: Opera collaborations with Francis Money-Coutts

Opera collaborations with Francis Money-Coutts

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), Opera collaborations with Francis Money-Coutts

The life and music of this colourful Spanish composer, introduced by Donald Macleod.

In 1889 Albeniz met solicitor and poet Francis Money-Coutts, with whom he began writing opera. Donald Macleod introduces two of their collaborations and Albeniz's piano music.

While living in London Albéniz met the solicitor, poet and aspiring librettist Francis Money-Coutts with whom he signed an exclusive contract for ten years. Coutts provided Albéniz with a secure income and collaborated with him on three operas with varying degrees of success. Donald Macleod introduces extracts from two of those joint ventures, one based on a popular novel by a contemporary Spanish writer, and the other, a very English opera set in the time of the Wars of the Roses.

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Donald Macleod explores Isaac Albeniz's piano music - in original and adapted form

Donald Macleod explores Isaac Albeniz's piano music, presenting it in its original form and in a variety of other guises

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