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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 3

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

Episode 3

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

What happened when, in World War I, Rachmaninov and Medtner took to the concert platform.

Donald Macleod explores what happened when, during World War One, Rachmaninov and Medtner took to the concert platform.

Despite the outbreak of the First World War, the two pianist-composers both find themselves busy on the concert platform. But Medtner's reputation takes a dent when his prickly temperament sees him clash with one of the great conductors of the day. Donald Macleod finds out what all the fuss was about.

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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