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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: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Composer of the Week: Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Episode 4

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Episode 4

Donald Macleod introduces two works written after a dramatic change in Schubert's health.

Donald Macleod presents two works which reflect Schubert's state of mind after a dramatic change in his circumstances, when he contracted syphilis at the age of 25.

Schubert had suffered from a form of manic depression for most of his adult life but his mood swings became more extreme when he contracted syphilis at the age of 25, a disease from which he would never recover. Donald Macleod introduces two works written after this dramatic change in Schubert's circumstances - a turbulent piano work and a string quartet which demonstrates a new emotional maturity and a quality of sadness even in the music's happiest moments.

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Donald Macleod explores the colourful life and work of Franz Schubert

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Schubert, introducing music from across the range of his prodigious output and reflecting on the colourful but ill-fated life of a complex character

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