Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

Migrated podcast image for: Composer Of The Week

Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Composer of the Week - Brand

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Composer of the Week: Enrique Granados (1867-1916): Episode 1: Sketches of Spain

Episode 1

Episode 1: Sketches of Spain

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Sketches of Spain

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Enrique Granados (1867-1916), Sketches of Spain

Donald Macleod begins an exploration of the life and work of Enrique Granados.

Donald Macleod begins an exploration of the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados.

Few musical voices are as evocative of Spain as that of Enrique Granados; and in this series of programmes Donald Macleod traces the life and career of this visionary, mercurial, and passionate musical personality. As a child, Granados's musical imagination was first fired by hearing the sound of a harp through the wall of his parents' Barcelona flat; and trying to mimic those sounds on the piano, he quickly mastered the instrument well enough to play in local cafes. Growing up into a society where formal public music making was still in its infancy, he went on to play a vital role in defining what a Spanish composer might be.

El fandango de candil
from Goyescas, piano suite
Eric Parkin, piano

La maja y el ruiseñor (Goyescas)
Sylvia Schwartz, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano

Allegro vivace
Douglas Riva, piano

Preludio
Alicia de Larrocha, piano

Miel de la Alcarria
Orquesta Filharmonica de Gran Canaria
Adrian Leaper, conductor

Piano Quintet
LOM Piano Trio

Goyescas: Book 1 No.1: Los requiebros
Alicia de Larrocha, piano.

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 Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados, whose evocations of Spain helped create a new musical identity for his country

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Composer of the Week

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Episode 1: Sketches of Spain

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3