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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 5: Final Years

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Episode 5: Final Years

Strauss 150

Final Years

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Strauss 150, Final Years

Donald Macleod introduces works from Strauss's final years.

Donald Macleod introduces works from Strauss's final years: one an overwhelming expression of grief, the other the crowning achievement of a life devoted to the  human voice.

After the Second World War, Strauss was under suspicion as a collaborator. During the Allies' investigation, he was persuaded to go into exile in Switzerland and, once there, he and his wife underwent a gruelling, nomadic existence for more than three years. Finally cleared in June 1948, Strauss returned home in the spring of the following year, just months before he died.
Donald Macleod introduces two of Strauss's finest works from those final years - one an overwhelming expression of grief, the other his crowning achievement to a life devoted to the human voice.

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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