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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: Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)

Composer of the Week: Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813): Episode 2: Out of Bondage

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Episode 2: Out of Bondage

Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)

Out of Bondage

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813), Out of Bondage

Tracing the young Vanhal's journey from common serf to the fashionable salons of Vienna.

Donald Macleod traces the young Vanhal's journey from common serf to the most fashionable salons of Vienna.

Donald Macleod traces the young composer's journey from common serf to the most fashionable salons of Vienna

Vanhal's story has all the ingredients for a great musical drama: escape from bondage, early success dashed by sudden personal crisis, and a remarkable re-birth won through faith, talent and strength of character. This week, Donald Macleod relates the colourful story of one of the 18th century's leading musical lights.

Vanhal's family were peasants; in effect, legal slaves on the vast Bohemian estates of Count Schaffgotsch. Music offered an escape and Vanhal took every opportunity to better his position - from choir boy, to church organist, and on to Vienna, where rich aristocrats vied to patronise the brilliant young composer.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Johann Vanhal

Donald Macleod explores the work of Vanhal, whose gifts took him from rural Bohemia to the very top of the musical world in 18th-century Vienna, where he was celebrated alongside Haydn and Mozart

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