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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: Finnish Composers

Composer of the Week: Finnish Composers: Episode 2: Towards Independence

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Finnish Composers

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Episode 2: Towards Independence

Towards Independence

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Finnish Composers, Towards Independence

Donald Macleod looks at the role of music in the nationalist movement in Finland.

Donald Macleod explores the National Romantic movement in Finland through the music of Sibelius's contemporaries, Kuula and Madetoja.

Donald Macleod looks at the National Romantic movement in Finland through the music of two of Sibelius' contemporaries, Kuula and Madetoja, who both drew on folksong in their works. And with the help of Tim Howell, author of 'After Sibelius', he explores a recent opera which deals with the events of 1907, as Finland elected its first parliament.

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 and Tim Howell explore the work of Sibelius's contemporaries

Donald Macleod is joined by Finnish music expert Tim Howell, to explore the work of Sibelius's contemporaries as Finland was emerging as a state, and some of those who emerged subsequently.

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