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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: Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)

Composer of the Week: Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): Episode 4

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)

Episode 4

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), Episode 4

Works composed for Jean Harlow and Ginger Rogers, plus a diptych from 'The Jungle Book'.

Donald Macleod focuses on Koechlin's continuing flirtation with some of the female stars of Hollywood's golden age, including Jean Harlow and Ginger Rogers.

By the 1930s, Koechlin was more famous as an educator than a composer - much to his displeasure. Donald Macleod explores his continuing flirtation with some of the female stars of Hollywood's Golden Age - including Jean Harlow and Ginger Rogers. Plus, as Europe spirals towards war, he looks at Koechlin's radical political and musical beliefs. We end with the composer's last two works based on Kipling's "The Jungle Book".

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 life and work of Charles Koechlin

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Charles Koechlin, an out-of-favour, free-thinking musician regarded as the 'missing link' between Debussy, Satie and Poulenc

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