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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)

Composer of the Week: Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986): Episode 5: Quiet Man

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)

Episode 5

Episode 5: Quiet Man

Quiet Man

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), Quiet Man

Donald Macleod focuses on Rubbra's final years. With Veni Creator Spiritus.

Donald Macleod focuses on Rubbra's final years. With Veni Creator Spiritus; Symphony No 9 (excerpts); String Quartet No 4; Symphony No 11.

Donald Macleod is joined by Rubbra's sons Benedict and Adrian, who discuss their father and his music. A modest man with a complex personal life and deeply held faith, today they look at his final years.

Veni Creator Spiritus Op 130
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, Conductor

Symphony No 9 (Sinfonia Sacra) Op 140 (Final Part: 'And Jesus Led Them'; 'Viri Galilaei')
Lynne Dawson, Soprano
Della Jones, Contralto
Stephen Roberts, Baritone
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Richard Hickox, Conductor

String Quartet No 4 Op 150
Maggini Quartet

Symphony No 11 Op 153
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, Conductor.

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 music of Edmund Rubbra

Donald Macleod is joined by Edmund Rubbra's sons Benedict and Adrian, who discuss their father and his music

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