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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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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: Ravel and His World

Composer of the Week: Ravel and His World: Episode 2: Battling the Establishment

Ravel and His World

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Episode 2: Battling the Establishment

Battling the Establishment

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Ravel and His World, Battling the Establishment

Donald Macleod on how Ravel and Florent Schmitt promoted performances of their own.

Donald Macleod explores how Ravel and Florent Schmitt promoted performances of their own and their fellow Apaches' music.

A rare outing for Florent Schmitt's Quintet for Piano as Donald Macleod looks at some of the avenues Ravel and Florent Schmitt pursued to promote performances of their own and their fellow Apaches' music. With Jann Pasler from the University of California, San Diego.

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 Ravel's life and music in context with his friends in Les Apaches.

Donald Macleod explores Ravel's life and music in context with his friends in the artistic group Les Apaches. As well as Ravel, there is music by Maurice Delage, Déodat de Séverac and Florent Schmitt

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