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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: Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909)

Composer of the Week: Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909): Episode 5

Granados and Albeniz (1867-1916 and 1860-1909)

Episode 5

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Donald Macleod explores Albeniz's masterpiece Iberia and Granados's tribute to Goya.

Donald Macleod focuses on Albeniz's masterpiece Iberia, written in spite of the composer's failing health, and Granados's Goyescas, inspired by Francisco Goya.

During the final years of his life and now in failing health, Albéniz divided his time between Nice, Paris and Tiana. Remarkably his frailty didn't diminish his powers of composition. He produced a remarkable final statement, his masterpiece Iberia, a cycle of piano pieces that evoke different aspects of Spain. It was Spain's heritage that spoke to Granados. A talented cartoonist himself, he produced two sets of piano works "Goyescas", inspired by the cartoons depicting scenes of everyday life in Madrid created by the artist Francesco Goya. Presented by Donald Macleod.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composers Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composers Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz

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