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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: 200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Composer of the Week: 200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society: Episode 5: New Future

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Episode 5: New Future

200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, 200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society, New Future

Donald Macleod explores the RPS's activities in the 21st century.

Donald Macleod explores the RPS's activities in the 21st century with works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Huw Watkins, plus Elgar's Violin Concerto, commissioned by the RPS in 1910.

Donald Macleod rounds off this week's exploration of the pieces commissioned and premiered by the RPS during its 200-year history by taking us right up to the 21st century, with recent works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Huw Watkins. Donald is also joined by cultural historian, Leanne Langley to tell the story of perhaps the most significant RPS commission of the early 20th century - Elgar's Violin Concerto - and presents a final masterwork from the middle of the last century: Walton's orchestral showpiece "Variations on a Theme of Hindemith".

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 recalls the story of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Donald Macleod recalls the story of the Royal Philharmonic Society - and the remarkable roll-call of commissions and world premieres given by the Society during its two centuries of existence

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