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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 5

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Episode 5

Donald Macleod introduces music from Schubert's final years.

Donald Macleod introduces music from the last 18 months of Schubert's life, a period when he wrote some of the most remarkable works of his career.

In the 18 months before he died, Schubert wrote some of the most remarkable works of his life. Donald Macleod introduces part of Schubert's song cycle telling of a young man's journey through a bleak winter landscape, and one of his last chamber works, performed at the only all-Schubert concert ever to take place in his lifetime, just 8 months before his death at the age of 31.

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 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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