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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Composer of the Week: Gustav Holst (1874-1934): Episode 5: Nearing the End

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

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Episode 5: Nearing the End

Nearing the End

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Nearing the End

Donald Macleod explores Holst's final years and the music he wrote inspired by London.

Donald Macleod explores Holst's final years which involved, as the composer put it, 'too much gadding about. Plus music inspired by London.

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1912). Remembered by many as the man who wrote the Planets suite, Holst was much more than that. He was an intriguing character and the composer of a number of individual, compelling works. Holst's final years involved, in Holst's own words, "too much gadding about". Nevertheless, he found time to write several pieces celebrating London, the city where he'd spent most of his working life, and became involved in "the most startling event in Canterbury Cathedral since the murder of Thomas a Beckett".

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Donald Macleod explores the life and career of English composer Gustav Holst

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