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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: Rachmaninov and Medtner (1873-1943 and 1880-1951)

Composer of the Week: Rachmaninov and Medtner (1873-1943 and 1880-1951): Episode 2

Rachmaninov and Medtner (1873-1943 and 1880-1951)

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Rachmaninov and Medtner (1873-1943 and 1880-1951), Episode 2

Donald Macleod discusses a spat that threatened Rachmaninov and Medtner's relationship.

Donald Macleod explores the effect of Medtner's brother's accusing Rachmaninov of musical philistinism. Their spat threatened the Rachmaninov and Medtner's relationship.

Rachmaninov was well used to being branded a musical philistine, but when the accusations started coming from Medtner's own brother there was bound to be some fallout. Donald Macleod explores how the composers' relationships weathered these familial complications.

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 intersections between the lives of Rachmaninov and Medtner

For the BBC's piano season, Donald Macleod explores the intersections between the lives of Rachmaninov and Medtner, as both forged their careers in the face of revolution, war and cultural exile

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