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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Composer of the Week: Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953): Episode 2: Ettal

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)

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Episode 2: Ettal

Ettal

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953), Ettal

Donald Macleod looks at Prokofiev's time in Ettal, Germany in the early 1920s.

Donald Macleod explores an unstable period in Prokofiev's life in the early 1920s, when he was based in Ettal, Germany, and then moved to Paris.

Donald Macleod looks at an unstable period in Prokofiev's life in the early 1920s. After basing himself near the monastery in Ettal, Germany, to work on his new opera, 'The Fiery Angel', he then got married and moved to Paris, where he would change address every year for the next decade. He also fell out with Stravinsky, in whose shadow he always worked in his time as an emigre in Europe.

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Exploring Prokofiev's life and music during his time as an emigre in Europe in the 1920s

Donald Macleod explores Prokofiev's life and music during his time as an emigre in Europe in the 1920s, as well as his return to Russia

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