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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: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Composer of the Week: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Episode 1: A Childhood Wasted?

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Episode 1: A Childhood Wasted?

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

A Childhood Wasted?

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), A Childhood Wasted?

Donald explores Berlioz's early life, which was without any significant musical stimulus.

Donald explores Berlioz's early life, which was without any significant musical stimulus. Instead, Berlioz was directed towards a medical career by his father.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the quintessential romantic, Hector Berlioz. A friend of Berlioz remarked that "there has probably never been a famous composer whose childhood was wasted in circumstances less favourable to musical development." Berlioz grew up without any significant musical stimulus in his childhood. His father directed him towards a medical career, and it was only after two years of studying medicine in Paris that Berlioz followed his own desires and, without his parents' moral support, proceeded confidently on his course, which was to be far from easy over the next five years, studying at the Paris Conservatoire.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of quintessential romantic, Hector Berlioz

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