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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: Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

Composer of the Week: Leos Janacek (1854-1928): Episode 1: Folklorist and Teacher

Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

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Episode 1: Folklorist and Teacher

Folklorist and Teacher

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Leos Janacek (1854-1928), Folklorist and Teacher

Donald Macleod focuses on the early years of Janacek's multi-faceted career.

Donald Macleod focuses on the early years of Janacek's multi-faceted career leading up to his first success.

For most of his life, Leoš Janácek was known primarily as a folklorist and teacher and didn't achieve international recognition as a composer until he was into his sixties. He was a man of immense drive and determination and, alongside his passion for the folk music of his native Moravia, Janácek improved the standard of music-making and music education in Brno where he spent most of his life.
Donald Macleod introduces works from the years leading up to Janacek's first big success including a sample of the wealth of folk songs he collected, a ghostly orchestral ballad, a piano piece written at a time of personal and professional crisis, and part of the opera which finally put Janácek's career as a serious composer firmly on the map.

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Donald Macleod celebrates the life and music of Czech composer Leos Janacek

Donald Macleod celebrates the life and music of Leos Janacek. Known primarily as a folklorist and teacher, he didn't achieve international recognition as a composer until he was into his sixties

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