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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 5: Himself

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Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

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Episode 5: Himself

Himself

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

Donald Macleod charts Barber's final years, troubled by alcoholism and creative blocks.

Donald Macleod charts Barber's final years, troubled by alcoholism and creative blocks, and assesses the effect on the composer of one of the great disasters of operatic history.

When Barber got the call from the New York Met asking him to provide the first opera in its new theatre Barber realised it was potentially the defining moment of his career. Sadly it turned out to be one of the great disasters of operatic history. Donald Macleod assesses the effect all of this had on the composer, and charts his final years troubled by alcoholism and creative blocks.

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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