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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)

Composer of the Week: Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949): Episode 1: Letters from Berlin

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Episode 1: Letters from Berlin

Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)

Letters from Berlin

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949), Letters from Berlin

Donald Macleod explores Skalkottas's promising start as a composer.

Donald Macleod focuses on Skalkottas's promising start as a composer, the opportunities he had and friendships he made in 1920s Berlin.

Nikos Skalkottas' life story doesn't follow the usual trajectory of struggle, recognition and success - in fact, when the Greek composer died, at the age of 46, virtually none of his 150 or so works had been published or even performed in public. But in his early years he shone as a violin prodigy, winning a scholarship to study in Berlin. Donald Macleod looks at Skalkottas' promising start, the opportunities he had and friendships he made in the cultural hub of Europe in the 1920s, and his decision to become a composer.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas, who died at the age of 46 with virtually none of his 150 or so works having been published or even performed in public

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