Composer of the Week – Kaija Saariaho (October 2020)

Composer of the Week   Kaija Saariaho (October 2020)

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In this long-running BBC Radio 3 series, Donald Macleod explores the life and works of composers, providing biographical material and corresponding substantive musical extracts. The result is an excellent musical exegesis of the composer’s oeuvre. It is broadcast daily from Monday to Friday in the UK on BBC Radio 3.

Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952)

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho in discussion with the composer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nj0k

Episodes:

1. Collaborations
2. Orchestral and chamber music
3. Electronics
4. The human voice
5. Opera

Duration: each episode lasts approximately 1 hour.

Each MPEG-4 audio file (1 stream: AAC) is approximately 140MB in size at 320 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 2ch
Obtained via get_iplayer and MP4Box on Ubuntu 20.04

Details for first episode via mediainfo:

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