Composer of the Week
Every weekday at 11h00 in The Classic Morning, Rodney Trudgeon features the Composer of the Week on FMR. Music of various genres by a composer is played along with short biographical and anecdotal information.
3 Episodes
Composer Of The Week - 6 to 10 Apr 26
He spent much of his life in relative isolation as a highly skilled servant in a remote Hungarian palace. Joseph Haydn was our composer of the week.
Composer Of The Week - 20 to 24 Apr 26
He wanted to be a violinist. It never happened. But what did happen is that he wrote one of the greatest violin concertos in the world. Jean Sibelius was our composer of the week.
Composer Of The Week - 13 to 17 Apr 26
I am affected by everything that goes on in the world, politics, literature, people. I think it over in my own way, and then I long to express my feelings in music.” Robert Schumann was our composer of the week.