Composer of the Week - Leos Janacek (1854-1928)
Donald Macleod explores the brilliant, tempestuous last five years of the life of Leos Janacek, a composer who has been described as classical music's 'anti-prodigy'
Composer of the Week - Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod catches up with Janacek in his 70th birthday year - a period when the composer was well on the way to emotional ruin.
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Composer of the Week - Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod presents music of the open air, and the story of a woman six centuries old - in Janacek's Concertino for piano and opera The Makropoulos Affair.
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Composer of the Week - Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores Janacek's most celebrated and spectacular orchestral work: the Sinfonietta, inspired by military bands in Pisek, home town of the composer's muse Kamila.
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Composer of the Week - Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod presents Janacek's choral masterpiece, the Glagolithic Mass - written in a matter of weeks in 1926 - as well as his Violin Concerto, once thought to be unfinished.
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Composer of the Week - Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores the music of Janacek's last year, when he decided to start a new life with his muse Kamila - with tragic consequences.
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