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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 4: Inspirations

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

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Episode 4: Inspirations

Inspirations

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), Inspirations

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

Donald Macleod introduces an opera based on Arthurian legend, a piano piece inspired by the countryside around Granada, an orchestral work evoking Spanish fiesta.

By 1897, Albeniz was living in Paris, where he not only continued his dual roles of pianist and composer but he had also begun teaching. He and his patron Francis Money-Coutts now launched into another major collaboration in which they intended to produce a trilogy of operas based on the story of King Arthur and in doing so create an English national opera. Donald Macleod introduces an extract from the first and only one of the three operas actually completed, a piano work inspired by the countryside around Granada, and a performance of Albeniz's only purely orchestral work, evoking the songs and dances of a typical Spanish fiesta.

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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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