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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: Oliver Knussen (1952-)

Composer of the Week: Oliver Knussen (1952-): Episode 4: Sound Frontiers: Music About Music

Oliver Knussen (1952-)

Episode 4

Episode 4: Sound Frontiers: Music About Music

Sound Frontiers: Music About Music

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Oliver Knussen (1952-), Sound Frontiers: Music About Music

Composer Oliver Knussen explains to Donald Macleod drives him to write music.

Composer Oliver Knussen explains to Donald Macleod drives him to write music, as well as the kinds of ideas that inspire him.

As part of Radio 3 live at Southbank Centre, London, Donald Macleod presents special editions of the long-running series that began life just three years before the launch of the 'Third Programme' in 1946. Donald invites celebrated British composer Oliver Knussen to join him live at the Radio 3 pop-up studio to discuss a life and career that spans nearly all of Radio 3's seven decades.

Knussen has said about his music "I don't set out to express myself". Today, Donald asks him what it is that drives him to compose, and about the kinds of ideas that inspire him.

Flourish with Fireworks, Op 22
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Music for a Puppet Court, Op.11
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen, conductor

Two Organa, Op 27 
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen, conductor

Horn Concerto, Op 28
Barry Tuckwell, horn
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen, 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.

Composer Oliver Knussen joins Donald Macleod to discuss his life and career

Donald Macleod invites composer Oliver Knussen to join him at the Radio 3 pop-up studio at the Southbank Centre in London to discuss his life and career

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