With Donald Macleod and Martin Anderson. Weinberg is in Moscow and, having escaped the Nazis twice, faces further threat from Joseph Stalin. Show more
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Donald Macleod explores the music of Weinberg's most productive period, a time he himself termed his 'starry years', including his first opera, The Passenger. Show more
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, a Soviet composer of Polish-Jewish origin, featuring the music of Weinberg's last two decades. Show more
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)
Episode 1: The Greatest Composer You've (Probably) Never Heard of
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod on Mieczyslaw Weinberg's journey from Warsaw to Minsk, then to Tashkent, as he fled the Nazis. After he wrote his First Symphony, Shostakovich, and Moscow, beckoned. Show more
Weinberg is arrested by the KGB and imprisoned for six weeks. But for the death of Stalin, our story might end here, though Shostakovich is also credited with his eventual release. Show more