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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): Final Years and Acclaim

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

Final Years and Acclaim

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994), Final Years and Acclaim

Donald MacLeod and Dr Nicholas Reyland explore Lutoslawski's final years and works.

Donald MacLeod and Dr Nicholas Reyland explore Witold Lutoslawski's final years, which saw him showered with awards by musical establishments across Europe.

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. This week's final programme explores Lutoslawski's final years, which saw him showered with awards by musical establishments across Europe

Fanfare for CUBE
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)

Piano Concerto
Christian Zimmerman (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

Symphony no 4
LA Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

Chantefleurs et Chantefables - I. La Belle-de-nuit
Valdine Anderson (soprano)
New Music Concerts Ensemble
Witold Lutosławski (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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