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Composer of the Week Leos Janacek (1854-1928) Episodes

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  1. Your Kamila

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores Janacek's turbulent, lovestruck, masterpiece-filled final years.

  2. Success!

    4/5 Donald Macleod describes the aftermath of the success of Janacek's opera Jenufa.

  3. The Overgrown Path

    3/5 Exploring the composition of a unique piano masterpiece: the suite On an Overgrown Path.

  4. Beloved Moravia

    2/5 The tragic story of the death of Janacek's daughter and the effect it had on the composer.

  5. A Very Strange Fairytale

    1/5 Donald Macleod discusses Janacek's youth and musical upbringing in his native Moravia.