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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: Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)

Composer of the Week: Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991): Episode 2: From No 1 to No-one

Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)

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Episode 2: From No 1 to No-one

From No 1 to No-one

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), From No 1 to No-one

Donald Macleod introduces music from around the time of Panufnik's defection to Britain.

Donald Macleod introduces music from the period surrounding Panufnik's defection to Britain as he adjusted from the strictures of socialist realism to the freedom of the west.

In communist Poland decadent Western art was denounced. Music had to be of political significance, created according to the principles of Socialist Realism. Panufnik was forced to become part of the propaganda machine, taking posts he didn't want and promoting a creed he despised. He was finally pushed a step too far and decided to defect to England. After a difficult start, work started to pick up with offers of conducting work and commissions slowly coming his way. Donald Macleod introduces music from this tumultuous period including a piece to mark the 100th anniversary of Chopin's death, an overture with a defiant but hidden anti-Soviet meaning, a symphony dedicated to the victims of the Second World War and part of a concerto prompted by the generous donation from a patron of the arts who wanted to help him start composing again.

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Donald Macleod celebrates the life and music of Warsaw-born composer Andrzej Panufnik

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