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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: Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Composer of the Week: Carl Nielsen (1865-1931): Episode 4: Nightmare at the Opera

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

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Episode 4: Nightmare at the Opera

Nightmare at the Opera

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), Nightmare at the Opera

Donald Macleod explores difficulties Nielsen faced, both personally and professionally.

Donald Macleod reveals how Nielsen's operas Saul og David and Maskarade reveal little of the difficulties that the composer faced, bothe personally and professionally.

Carl Nielsen's operas Saul og David and his comic masterpiece "Maskarade" reveal little of the difficulties facing the composer personally and professionally. After resigning from his job in the second violins of the Royal Theatre's orchestra in Copenhagen, Nielsen was faced with the immediate problem of how to support his wife and three children. 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 explores the life and work of Danish composer Carl Nielsen

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Danish composer Carl Nielsen, regarded as one of the most important composers of his generation

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