{"product_id":"wagner-great-composers-in-words-music","title":"Wagner: Great Composers in Words \u0026 Music","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe Bayreuth Festspielhaus stands today as a testament to Richard Wagner’s ambition and self-importance – a theatre designed and built solely for the performances of his immersive ‘music dramas’. From the influence of Beethoven to the transcendental properties of his greatest music, Wagner’s work became a cornerstone of European musical culture, but what kind of journey took him towards this remarkable achievement? In this fascinating audio biography we hear about Wagner’s tempestuous personal life, his controversial political views and his struggles to establish himself as one of the most influential musical visionaries of the 19th century. The narrative is illustrated with excerpts from all of his best-loved operas including the Ring cycle, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin, Der fliegende Holländer, Parsifal, and more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCaddy, Davinia - Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Great Composers in Words and Music - Richard Wagner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1 Introduction 00:09\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWagner, Richard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude (excerpt)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2 Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude (excerpt) 01:32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCaddy, Davinia - Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Great Composers in Words and Music - Richard Wagner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3 On laying the foundation stone of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 22 May 1872, Richard Wagner - who turned 59 years old that day - declared: 'I need a theatre such as I alone can build…' 07:07\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBeethoven, Ludwig van\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (excerpt)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4 String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (excerpt) 00:42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCaddy, Davinia - Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Great Composers in Words and Music - Richard Wagner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5 An extract from Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 is a useful place to start to sketch Wagner's life history. 02:19\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWagner, Richard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Symphony in C Major: I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio (excerpt)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 Symphony in C Major: I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio (excerpt) 00:51\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCaddy, Davinia - Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Great Composers in Words and Music - Richard Wagner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7 Given his family's theatrical pursuits, it is perhaps no surprise that Wagner turned his attention from the concert hall to the stage. 02:37\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWagner, Richard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Die Feen (The Fairies), Act I: Overture (excerpt)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8 Die Feen (The Fairies), Act I: Overture (excerpt) 01:24\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCaddy, Davinia - Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Great Composers in Words and Music - Richard Wagner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9 Wagner's second completed opera Das Liebesverbot ('The Ban on Love'), a comic opera in two acts modelled on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, was written during the composer's brief tenure as… 04:46\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWagner, Richard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWagner, Richard - Lyricist\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Rienzi, Act II: Chor der Friedensboten (Chorus of the Messengers of Peace) (excerpt)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10 Rienzi, Act II: Chor der Friedensboten (Chorus of the Messengers of Peace) (excerpt) 01:14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCaddy, Davinia - Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Great Composers in Words and Music - Richard Wagner\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 11 Triumph, however, did not ensue. 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