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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: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Composer of the Week: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Episode 4

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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Episode 4

Donald Macleod focuses on how Haydn was finally lured away from his remote German court.

Donald Macleod focuses on how, as his quartets become huge bestsellers around Europe, Haydn was finally lured away from his remote German court.

Donald Macleod continues his story of the 'Father of the string quartet'. With his quartets becoming huge bestsellers around Europe, Haydn is finally lured away from his remote German court, and makes a wildly successful visit to London.

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 Haydn through the string quartet

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Joseph Haydn through a genre of music he virtually invented, the string quartet

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