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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: Strauss 150

Composer of the Week: Strauss 150: Episode 2: Married Bliss?

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Episode 2: Married Bliss?

Strauss 150

Married Bliss?

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Strauss 150, Married Bliss?

With songs Strauss wrote for his wife, the first operatic success and Till Eugenspiegel.

Donald Macleod introduces the songs Strauss wrote for his wife as a wedding present, his first operatic success and the ever-popular tone poem about a famous prankster.

Strauss had a rather unconventional relationship with his wife Pauline but theirs was an enduring partnership, sealed right at the start by what would become some of Strauss's best loved songs. Donald Macleod introduces a set of songs Strauss wrote for her as a wedding present, and two works which transformed his career - the ever-popular tone poem about a legendary prankster, and his first operatic success.

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 Richard Strauss

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