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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: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Composer of the Week: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896): Episode 5

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Episode 5

How biographers have struggled to reconcile Bruckner the man with the spirit of his music.

Donald Macleod considers how biographers have struggled to reconcile what we know of Bruckner the man with the spirit of his music.

Donald Macleod looks at how biographers have struggled to reconcile what we know of Bruckner the man with the spirit of his music, and the perplexing task of unpicking his ultimate musical intentions from the multiple versions and editions of his symphonies he left behind.

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 Anton Bruckner

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Anton Bruckner, now celebrated as one of the greatest symphonists of the 19th century

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