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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Composer of the Week: Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Episode 2: Barber and Menotti

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Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Episode 2

Episode 2: Barber and Menotti

Barber and Menotti

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Barber and Menotti

Donald Macleod charts Samuel Barber's relationship with composer Gian Carlo Menotti.

Donald Macleod charts Samuel Barber's relationship with composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti. Includes Vanessa, Op 32 (excerpt). Cello Sonata, Op 6. A Hand of Bridge.

Donald Macleod charts Barber's relationship with the composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti, including Menotti's own recorded thoughts on his first impressions of the American composer when they met at music college.

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 tells the story of the real Samuel Barber

Donald Macleod uncovers the real Samuel Barber, from his childhood experiences playing at his grandfather's factory to the failure of what was supposed to be his crowning achievement in music

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