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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: Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994): Solidarity and Freedom

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

Solidarity and Freedom

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994), Solidarity and Freedom

Donald Macleod explores Lutoslawski and the Solidarity movement in Poland.

Donald Macleod and Dr Nicholas Reyland explore Lutoslawski's involvement with the Solidarity movement in Poland, and a change in his musical direction.

Witold Lutoslawski's extraordinary life mirrors the turbulent history of his homeland Poland, yet he consistently denied the effect of any of this tumult on his music. Donald Macleod is joined this week by Dr Nicholas Reyland to explore the truth of this denial alongside the life and career of one the most revered composers of the Twentieth Century. Today's episode explores the unrest that led to the emergence of the Solidarity movement in Poland, Lutoslawski's involvement with Solidarity and a change in his musical direction.

Les espaces du sommeil
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Berlin Philharmonic
Witold Lutoslawski (conductor)

Epitaph for Oboe and Piano
Melanie Ragge (oboe)
Ann Martin-Davis (piano)

Symphony No 3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)

Producer: Sam Phillips.

Composer of the Week: Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

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Donald Macleod explores works by Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski.

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