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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: Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (1838-1920)

Composer of the Week: Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (1838-1920): Episode 3: Songs of the Homeland: Igeler Hof

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Episode 3: Songs of the Homeland: Igeler Hof

Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (1838-1920)

Songs of the Homeland: Igeler Hof

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (1838-1920), Songs of the Homeland: Igeler Hof

Donald Macleod introduces works connected with Bruch's idyllic refuge near Cologne.

Donald Macleod introduces works connected with Bruch's idyllic refuge at the house of friends in the countryside near Cologne: the Igeler Hof. Including Odysseus (excerpt).

Bruch seems to have been happiest when in retreat in the wooded hills near Cologne. Donald Macleod looks at some of the works Bruch wrote as a guest at the idyllic country house of friends, the Igeler Hof, including two choral works written with the 'singing masses of the Rhineland' - a loyal fanbase for him - in mind.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of German Romantic composer Max Bruch

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of German Romantic composer and conductor Max Bruch

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