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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 25^th May 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Mon 25^th May 2015, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod is joined by Polish music expert Adrian Thomas to explore Bacewicz's early years. Show more

Composer of the Week

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Episode 4: Opening the Modernist Floodgates

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 28^th May 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Thu 28^th May 2015, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod and Polish music expert Adrian Thomas focus on the effect on Bacewicz of cultural changes in Poland following Stalin's death in 1953. Show more

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Composer of the Week

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Episode 2: A Mood of Determined Resistance

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 26^th May 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Tue 26^th May 2015, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod is joined by Polish music expert Adrian Thomas to explore Bacewicz's music written during the years of World War Two. Show more

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Composer of the Week

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Episode 3: A False Dawn

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 27^th May 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Wed 27^th May 2015, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod focuses on Bacewicz's music in the years after World War II when, before the diktats of Soviet communism, there was a brief, false dawn. Show more

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Composer of the Week

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Episode 5: Woodworm Don't Like Your Music

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Fri 29^th May 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Fri 29^th May 2015, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod discusses Bacewicz's final years, focusing on the shifting textures and colours of Pensieri Notturni and the ballet Desire, which was based on a play by Picasso. Show more

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