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Composer of the Week

Finnish Composers

Episode 1: Founding Fathers (and Later Echoes)

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod focuses on the first figures in Finnish music: Bernhard Crusell and Frederick Pacius - 'the German father of Finnish music', and Magnus Lindberg, one of the latest. Show more

Composer of the Week

Finnish Composers

Episode 2: Towards Independence

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the National Romantic movement in Finland through the music of Sibelius's contemporaries, Kuula and Madetoja. Show more

Composer of the Week

Finnish Composers

Episode 4: Opening Windows to Europe

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod focuses on the music of Finnish composers who reacted against Sibelius's influence, including Merikanto and his students. Show more

Composer of the Week

Finnish Composers

Episode 5: Finnish Composers and the Natural World

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald explores the importance of landscape, darkness and light to Finnish composers, from Sibelius to Saariaho. Show more