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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: English Pastoralists

Composer of the Week: English Pastoralists: Episode 1: Green and Pleasant Land

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Episode 1: Green and Pleasant Land

English Pastoralists

Green and Pleasant Land

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, English Pastoralists, Green and Pleasant Land

Donald Macleod introduces music inspired by English landscapes.

Exploring the life and work of the English Pastoralists, Donald Macleod introduces music inspired by English landscapes. With Parry, Finzi, Holst, Butterworth and Vaughan Williams.

Donald Macleod looks at the lives and works of the English Pastoralist composers. A feeling for landscape and a sense of place was very important to these composers, who often responded directly to the places they knew and loved. In this programme we hear some of the music inspired by English landscapes.

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 lives and works of the English Pastoralist composers

Donald Macleod explores the lives and works of the English Pastoralist composers. A feeling for landscape and place was important to them, and they often responded to places they knew and loved

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