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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: Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)

Composer of the Week: Johan Svendsen (1840-1911): Episode 4

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Episode 4

Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johan Svendsen (1840-1911), Episode 4

Donald Macleod focuses on how Svendsen knocked Oslo's orchestral players into shape.

Donald Macleod explores how Svendsen transformed the motley bunch of Oslo's professional orchestral players into a group capable of doing justice to Norwegian music.

Svendsen sets about the task which had already seen Grieg all but give up: transforming the motley bunch of Oslo's professional orchestral players into a group capable of doing justice to the Norwegian musical tradition. With Donald Macleod.

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 Johan Svendsen

Donald Macleod marks the centenary of Johan Svendsen, who became a Norwegian cultural hero as composer, conductor and saviour of a faltering musical tradition

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