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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: Oliver Knussen (1952-)

Composer of the Week: Oliver Knussen (1952-): Episode 5: Sound Frontiers: Commemorations

Oliver Knussen (1952-)

Episode 5

Episode 5: Sound Frontiers: Commemorations

Sound Frontiers: Commemorations

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

Donald Macleod hears about some of Knussen's many musical memorials.

Donald Macleod hears about some of Knussen's many musical memorials and introduces a lullaby composed for the composer's sleepless, four-month-old daughter.

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.

In their final conversation, we hear about some of Knussen's many musical memorials, plus a lullaby composed for his sleepless, four-month-old daughter. 

Sonya's Lullaby, Op 16
Peter Serkin, piano

Violin Concerto, Op 30
Leila Josefowicz, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor

Secret Psalm
Alexandra Wood, violin

Requiem - Songs for Sue, Op 33
Claire Booth, soprano
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
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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