First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores Bartok's crisis of confidence during World War I and the chance encounter with a young girl that revitalised him. Featuring the Miraculous Mandarin Suite. Show more
Donald Macleod on Bartok's sickly childhood, early life and musical beginnings, including his first major work, Kossuth, influenced by Strauss and inspired by a revolutionary. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the circumstances of Bartok's second marriage and his subsequent re-emergence as a composer and pianist of international renown. With the Cantata Profana. Show more