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Donald Macleod delves into the life and career of the piano prodigy Marie Jaëll.For the first time in the history of Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Marie Jaëll [1846-1925]. Jaëll was a piano prodigy, a composer across a wide spectrum of genres including opera and chamber music, and a revolutionary when it came to the art of teaching and playing the piano. She knew many distinguished musicians including Liszt, Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Brahms, Fauré and Rossini, but hers is a name which has been largely forgotten. Donald Macleod uncovers Jaëll's music, and tells her story.Music Featured:Aube (Promenade matinale, esquisses pour piano) Dans le doute; Essaim de mouches; Entrainement (Promenade matinale, esquisses pour piano) Folies d’ours (La Légende des ours) Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Reflets Chantants (Prisme. Problèmes en musique) Armour brûlant (La Légende des ours) Album Leaf Dans les flammes (18 Pièces d'après la lecture de Dante) Cello Sonata Dein (Five Lieder) Douze Valses et Finale Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Sphinx Reflets dansants (Prisme. Problèmes en musique) Cello Concerto in A Minor Ce qu’on entend dans le Purgatoire (18 Pièces d'après la lecture de Dante) Rêverie; Clair de lune (Les Orientales) 6 Melancholy Waltzes: No 5 in A minor; No 3 in G sharp minor Ce qu’on entend dans le Paradis (18 Pieces for piano after reading Dante) Pieces for Children Désirs ardents; Amour involontaire; Union malheureuse; Épilogue (La Légende des ours)Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC WalesFor full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Marie Jaëll https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m477And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

Donald Macleod meets professional musicians to get the performer’s eye view of Beethoven.During Beethoven’s life, great technical advances were being made to musical instruments such as the keyboard and the horn. It was also a period when virtuoso musicians of all kinds began to tour Europe and Beethoven was able to meet some of the greatest exponents of different instruments and learn from them. He was inspired to push the limits of his performers as never before, and his works continue to fascinate and challenge musicians today. In this episode, Donald Macleod meets with different professional musicians to get a performer's eye view of Beethoven’s music and the challenges it presents.Guests: Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass), Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Adrian Bending (timpani), Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Sarah Willis (French horn). Composer of the Week is returning to the story of Beethoven’s life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3’s Beethoven Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.Music Featured: Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68 “Pastoral” (Donner. Sturm) Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92 (Allegro con brio) Septet in E flat, Op 20 (Scherzo) Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 “Choral” (Presto) Fidelio, Act 1 No 1-3 Fidelio, Act 2 No 12 Fidelio, Act 2 No 14-15 Missa Solemnis, Op 123 (Agnus Dei) Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (excerpt) Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op 60 (Adagio – Allegro vivace) Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55 “Eroica” (Marcia funebre) Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (Allegro & Allegro - Presto) Piano Sonata No 13 in E flat, Op 27 No 1 (Andante) Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (Largo) Piano Trio No 5 in D, Op 70 No 1 “Ghost” (Largo assai ed espressivo) Fantasia in C minor, Op 80 Horn Sonata, Op 17 Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55 “Eroica” (Scherzo) Sextet in E flat, Op 81b (Rondo) Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125 “Choral” (Adagio molto e cantabile)Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC WalesFor full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Beethoven Unleashed: How to Play Beethoven https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m06vAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

Donald Macleod follows Beethoven through the years 1810-1812. This week, Donald Macleod explores Ludwig van Beethoven’s life through 1810-1812, a period of great financial hardship for all of Vienna in the aftermath of Napoleon’s second occupation of the city. Beethoven struggled through this economic depression, composing his Seventh and Eighth Symphonies with little hope of getting performances. The financial crisis wasn’t the only thing to afflict the composer either; alongside an increase in physical ailments, Beethoven also suffered a great emotional crisis which culminated in the letter he wrote to his unnamed ‘Immortal Beloved’. Composer of the Week is returning to the story of Beethoven’s life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3’s Beethoven Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.Music Featured: Fantasie in G minor, Op 77 Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73 “Emperor” (2nd and 3rd movements) Piano Trio No 7 in B flat major, Op 97 "Archduke" (4th movement) Egmont Overture, Op 84 To the Blackbird; The Dairy House (26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155) Sonata No 26 in E flat major, Op 81a “Les Adieux” (2nd and 3rd movements) Incidental Music to King Stephen, Op 117 (Overture & Victory March) Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op 85 (Final Trio and Choruses) Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (3rd movement) String Quartet No 10 in E flat major, Op 74 “Harp” (4th movement) Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise” Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 -(2nd movement) String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95 Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (4th movement) An die Geliebte, WoO 140 Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (1st and 2nd movements) Piano Trio in B flat major, WoO 39 An de Ferne Geliebte, Op 98 3 Equali for Four Trombones, WoO 30 Kennst du das Land, Op 75 No 1 Violin Sonata No 10 in G major, Op 96 Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt, Op 112 Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th movement) Freudvoll und Leidvoll (Incidental Music for Egmont, Op 84)Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC WalesFor full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Beethoven Unleashed: Creating the Myth https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000llpcAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z