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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: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Composer of the Week: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Episode 1: The Mozart Family Grand Tour

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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Episode 1: The Mozart Family Grand Tour

The Mozart Family Grand Tour

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), The Mozart Family Grand Tour

Donald charts what has come to be known as the Mozart Family Grand Tour.

Donald Macleod charts the extraordinary course of the three-and-a-half-year journey around western Europe that has come to be known as the Mozart Family Grand Tour.

Between the ages of 5 and 35, Mozart clocked up some 3,720 days on tour; that's more than 10 of his not-quite-36 years. This week, Donald Macleod clambers into the Mozart family carriage to plot a selective course through the composer's Awaydays, from his earliest outings as an infant phenomenon to his final trip three decades later.

Today's programme charts the extraordinary course of the three-and-a-half-year journey around Western Europe that has come to be known as the Mozart Family Grand Tour, on which the 7-year-old Mozart embarked with his father Leopold, mother Anna Maria and sister Nannerl in June 1763.

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Donald Macleod explores Mozart's work as a musician away from home

Donald Macleod explores Mozart's work as a musician away from home, from his earliest outings as an infant phenomenon to his final trip three decades later

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