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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Composer of the Week: Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Episode 1: Living Like a Lord

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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Episode 1

Episode 1: Living Like a Lord

Living Like a Lord

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Living Like a Lord

Donald Macleod discusses Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso.

Donald Macleod discusses Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso. With Hexameron Variations (finale). Etudes d'execution transcendante 8-10. Hungarian Rhapsody No 13.

Lisztomania swept Europe in the early 1840s - wherever he performed his reception was hysterical. It all began in Berlin, with a sensational series of concerts in the Singakademie. The only performer in his concerts, he invented the modern recital, and became a huge star. When he left Berlin he was driven out of the city in a coach drawn by six white horses, in a stately procession, as if a reigning monarch were taking leave of his people. Donald Macleod looks at Liszt's heyday as a touring virtuoso.

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 Franz Liszt

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Liszt, including his early life, touring, his music written in Weimar and Rome, and his later works

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