Donald Macleod considers the significance of Farrenc's education and family circumstances for her professional ambitions. She came from a distinguished line going back to Louis XIV. Show more
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Composer of the Week
70th Anniversary Special: Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Episode 4: An Outstanding Pedagogue
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the significance of Louise Farrenc's position as a professor of piano professor at the Paris Conservatoire. Show more
Donald Macleod explores Farrenc's activities in the later part of her life: completing the research she had began with her husband on an anthology of keyboard music. Show more
Composer of the Week
70th Anniversary Special: Louise Farrenc (1804-1875)
Episode 1: Composer, Performer, Scholar
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod examines the context of Louise Farrenc's life. A skilled keyboard player, she also was a talented a composer for multiple combinations of instruments. Show more
Donald Macleod charts Farrenc's progress as she began to make a name for herself. She struck up a friendship with Hummel and in in 1850 her nonet was heard for the first time. Show more