Composer of the Week - Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950)
Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Russian composer and music critic Nicolay Myaskovsky
Composer of the Week - Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores Myaskovsky's childhood, affected by the army background of his father and the religious mania of his aunt. With the Tchaikovsky-influenced Cello Concerto.
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Composer of the Week - Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod traces Myaskovsky's entry and studies at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, where he became friends with Prokofiev.
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Composer of the Week - Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores the impact on Myaskovsky's music of the First World War and the changing social and political mood in Russia.
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Composer of the Week - Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod charts how Myaskovsky began to be persecuted, as he was labelled as 'formalist' and 'anti-people'.
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Composer of the Week - Nicolay Yakovlevich Myaskovksy (1881-1950) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod charts Myaskovsky's final, embittered years, as he was driven to an early grave through persecution.
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