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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 3: Self-Composure (Weimar, 1848-61)

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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Episode 3: Self-Composure (Weimar, 1848-61)

Self-Composure (Weimar, 1848-61)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Self-Composure (Weimar, 1848-61)

Donald Macleod focuses on the works Liszt wrote while he was living in Weimar.

Donald Macleod focuses on the works Liszt wrote while he was living in Weimar - the most productive period of the composer's life.

In Weimar, Liszt experienced the most settled, productive years of his life. The large music room of the Altenburg, Liszt's home in Weimar, provided a perfect venue for the performance of some of the pieces he now focussed on. In all his activities there, Liszt was supported by his mistress and companion, Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein. Donald Macleod looks at the music of Liszt's Weimar years, including his masterpiece, the B minor sonata.

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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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