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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 3: Triumph and Tragedy in Paris

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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Episode 3: Triumph and Tragedy in Paris

Triumph and Tragedy in Paris

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Triumph and Tragedy in Paris

Donald Macleod explores Mozart's fateful trip to Paris, during which time his mother died.

Donald Macleod explores how Mozart's return to Paris was met with indifference. He scored a success with his Paris Symphony, but at a huge personal cost - the death of his mother.

When Mozart visited Paris as a child, the Parisians fêted him as a wunderkind. Today's programme finds him back in Paris - but now he's 22, and is met with a snooty Parisian indifference. He eventually scores a success with his 'Paris' Symphony, but at a huge personal cost - the death of his mother.

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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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