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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 5: Music for the Masses

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Episode 5: Music for the Masses

Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)

Music for the Masses

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813), Music for the Masses

Donald Macleod focuses on Vanhal's adopting a new, overtly populist musical direction.

Donald Macleod focuses on Vanhal's adopting a new, overtly populist musical direction, which failed to impress critics and aristocratic cognoscenti.

New times bring new musical fashions and Vanhal is forced to adapt to survive. Vienna's music critics and the aristocratic cognoscenti aren't impressed by his new, overtly populist direction. Nevertheless, business is booming.

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.

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 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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