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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)

Composer of the Week: Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812): Episode 5: Return to Paris

Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)

Episode 5

Episode 5: Return to Paris

Return to Paris

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812), Return to Paris

Donald Macleod explores Dussek's return to Paris and his lifestyle of excess.

Donald Macleod explores Dussek's return to Paris, where his lifestyle of excess began to catch up with him.

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of the virtuoso pianist and composer Jan Ladislav Dussek, a musician revered in his own time, but largely forgotten today. In Friday's programme, Donald explores Dussek's return to Paris, where his lifestyle of excess began to catch up with him 

Sonata in A flat major, Op 64 "Return to Paris" (II. Molto Adagio)
Andreas Staier, fortepiano

Sonata in A flat major Op 64 "Return to Paris" (IV. Finale: Scherzo - Allegro con spirito)
Markus Becker, piano

Piano Concerto in E flat major, Op 70 (III. Rondo: Allegretto moderatissimo)
Howard Shelley, piano/ conductor
Ulster orchestra 

Piano Sonata in F major, Op 77 "L'invocation"
Rudolph Firkusny, piano

Producer: Sam Phillips.

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 career of pianist and composer Jan Ladislav Dussek

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of virtuoso pianist and composer Jan Ladislav Dussek, a performer and composer revered in his own time, but largely forgotten today

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