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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: Strauss Portraits

Composer of the Week: Strauss Portraits: Episode 3

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Strauss Portraits

Episode 3

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Strauss Portraits, Episode 3

Donald Macleod explores Strauss's remarkable partnership with Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Donald Macleod explores Richard Strauss's remarkable partnership with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, that produced the operas Elektra, Ariadne auf Naxos and Der Rosenkavalier.

Donald Macleod and guest Professor Julian Johnson from Royal Holloway, University of London, explore Richard Strauss's remarkable partnership with the Austrian poet and dramatist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal. After Elektra, the pair went on to work on a further five operas, among them Ariadne auf Naxos and their most popular collaboration, Der Rosenkavalier.

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 Professor Julian Johnson explore Richard Strauss's life and music

Donald Macleod and guest Professor Julian Johnson from Royal Holloway, University of London explore Richard Strauss's life and music

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