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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 7^th Dec 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Mon 9^th Jan 2017, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod focuses on Sibelius's most famous musical celebration of the Finnish people, Finlandia, before exploring the composer's early life growing up in a provincial town. Show more

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Sibelius the Finn

Episode 2: Symposium

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 8^th Dec 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Tue 10^th Jan 2017, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores Sibelius's decadent life in 1890s Helsinki and the increasingly harsh restrictions placed on Finns by the Russian Empire. Show more

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Composer of the Week

Sibelius the Finn

Episode 3: Crisis

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 9^th Dec 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Wed 11^th Jan 2017, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explains how Sibelius became caught up in the Finnish national fervour of the early years of the 20th century. Show more

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Sibelius the Finn

Episode 4: War

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 10^th Dec 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Thu 12^th Jan 2017, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores three of Sibelius's most powerful - and unusual - evocations of the Finnish character. Show more

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Composer of the Week

Sibelius the Finn

Episode 5: Independence

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Fri 11^th Dec 2015, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Fri 13^th Jan 2017, 18:30 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod introduces Sibelius's most controversial political work, the March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, and what is maybe his greatest symphonic statement: Symphony No 5. Show more

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