Composer of the Week - Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Richard Strauss, once hailed as 'the outstanding living composer'. His eclectic style blurred the boundaries between Romanticism and 20th century music
Composer of the Week - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores Strauss' final days, framed by recordings of his early works. With Morgen!, Op 27, Sonata in E flat for violin and piano, Op 18 and Tod und Verklarung.
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Composer of the Week - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores events in Strauss' early career that led him to develop an iron will to reinvent musical forms and push Romanticism to its limits.
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Composer of the Week - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod examines Strauss's everyday life, including his favourite pastime, the card game Skat, and a musical portrait of his family life, the Symphonia Domestica.
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Composer of the Week - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod focuses on Richard Strauss at the time of the First World War, when his music, such as Le bourgeois gentilhomme, began to show an even more profound sense of irony.
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Composer of the Week - Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores Strauss' controversial role as the leading German composer of the Nazi era. Plus what has been called 'the most challenging tonal choral work ever written'.
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