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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: Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)

Composer of the Week: Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826): Episode 3: 'Landscape is to me the performance of a piece of music'

Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)

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Episode 3: 'Landscape is to me the performance of a piece of music'

'Landscape is to me the performance of a piece of music'

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), 'Landscape is to me the performance of a piece of music'

Weber is deeply influenced by new Romantic ideas.

Donald Macleod traces Weber's directorship of opera in Prague where he champions German opera. After a series of affairs, Weber eventually marries a singer from his company.

Donald Macleod traces Weber's fascination with the Romantic movement. Also, his directorship of the Opera at the Estates Theatre in Prague where he tries to champion German opera but the audiences prefer Italian opera. The composer a ménage à trois with one singer Therese Brunetti, but ends up marrying Caroline Brandt, another singer. He composes The Invitation to the Dance to celebrate their partnership.

The Gallant Troubadour
Robert White, singer
Samuel Sanders, piano
Mark Peskanov, violin
Nathaniel Rosen, cello
Ransom Wilson, flute

Ein Konig einst gefangen sass
Peter Schreier, singer
Konrad Ragossnig, guitar

Cantata Kampf und Sieg, Op 44 (final chorus)
Choir and Orchestra of Leipzig Radio
Herbert Kegel, conductor

Sind es schmerzen, sind es freuden?
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, singer
Hartmut Holl, piano

Invitation to the Dance
Stephen Hough, piano

Piano Concerto No 2
Nikolai Demidenko, piano 
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor


Producer: Rosie Boulton for BBC Wales.

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.

Five-part series examining the life and work of German composer Carl Maria von Weber

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