The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music. 41/60. The End of the Hapsburgs As the Austro-Hungarian Empire was disintegrating, the Czech composer Janacek became a poet of his times and his people by drawing on the culture of the new Czech lands that were forming. Including music by Janacek and Bartok.