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Composer of the Week

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Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

Composer of the Week: Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007): Episode 4

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Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), Episode 4

Donald Macleod focuses on Menotti's move to Scotland.

Donald Macleod focuses on Menotti's move to Scotland, following the break-up of the composer's 30-year relationship with Samuel Barber.

A major transatlantic move for Menotti to Scotland's most expensive house. Following the break-up of the composer's thirty year relationship with Samuel Barber, Menotti opted for solitude and a total change of scene, moving from upstate New York to East Lothian where he bought Yester House, a huge, imposing Palladian mansion he fell in love with at the foot of the Lammermiur Hills. He said he went to Scotland because he loved the country and he loved silence: "In my country silence is too expensive. I love the cold". The locals in a nearby village were immediately intrigued, awarding him the nickname 'Mr McNaughty'. 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 introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti

Donald Macleod introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti - a composer who stood apart from his age, creating delightful operas when the genre was considered nearly moribund

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