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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 5

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)

Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), Episode 5

Donald Macleod introduces a work by Koechlin for the ondes martenot.

Donald Macleod introduces a work by Koechlin for the eerie, electronic sound of the ondes martenot, and discusses his otherworldly personality.

It's fitting that such a fiercely independent, free-thinking musical mind should compose for one of the strangest instruments of the 20th century - the early electronic instrument, the Ondes Martenot. Donald Macleod introduces Koechlin's "Towards The Sun" for solo Ondes - a work that both showcases the instrument's eerie, ethereal sound, and seems to capture the composer's own otherworldly temperament. He ends the week with two attractive late chamber works, plus the composer's last significant work for orchestra, "The Burning Bush".

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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