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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: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends

Composer of the Week: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends: Episode 4: Alexei Zhivotov

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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends

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Episode 4: Alexei Zhivotov

Alexei Zhivotov

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Young Dmitri...and Friends, Alexei Zhivotov

Donald Macleod presents Shostakovich's Third Symphony and Alexei Zhivotov's Fragments.

Donald Macleod presents Shostakovich's Third Symphony, plus a miniature masterpiece by the little-known Alexei Zhivotov.

Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's brilliant youth - and the work of five extraordinary lost musical souls - amidst the turmoil and extraordinary originality of 1920s Russia.

Donald Macleod begins Thursday's programme with another dazzlingly witty arrangement - this time of a Broadway hit! - before introducing another 'black sheep' of the Shostakovich symphony family: his little-performed Third Symphony, complete with finale in praise of the Soviet revolutionary. His guest composer today is Alexei Zhivotov - a composer who barely registers in musical history - yet whose Fragments, Op.2, is one of the most original Russian chamber works of the 20th century.

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 Shostakovich's youth - and the work of five lost musical souls

Donald Macleod explores Shostakovich's brilliant youth - and the work of five extraordinary lost musical souls - amid the turmoil and extraordinary originality of 1920s Russia

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