Dora Pejačević

Donald Macleod introduces a first in Composer of the Week’s
seventy-year history, the Croatian Countess Dora Pejačević.


Donald is joined by Professor Koraljka Kos and Professor Iskra
Iveljic to discuss the known facts about the life and music of
this Countess and her family. Although Pejačević was born into
one of the most influential aristocratic families in Croatia, she
became rather critical of her own class in later life. Through
her position she did have the opportunity to study in Germany
with noted music teachers of the day, and met and collaborated
with some of the literary giants of the early twentieth century.
Upon her death at the age of only 37, she left a catalogue of
over one hundred compositions displaying a unique voice now
largely forgotten.


Music featured: Romance, Op 22 Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41
Zwei Nocturnes, Op 50 No 2 Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 Zwei
Lieder, Op 27 No 1 (I creep along my way) Warum? Op 13 Berceuse,
Op 2 Papillon, Op 6 Sechs Fantasiestucke, Op 17 String Quartet in
C major, Op 58 Canzonetta, Op 8 Violin Sonata, Op 43 (Adagio)
Phantasie Concertante, Op 48 Verwandlung, Op 37 Blumenleben, Op
19 Madchengestalten, Op 42 Drei Gesange, Op 53 Piano Quintet in B
minor, Op 40 (Poco sostenuto) Humoreske and Caprice, Op 54 Trio
in C major, Op 29 (Scherzo: Allegro & Lento) Liebeslied, Op
39 Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op 57


Presenter: Donald Macleod Producer: Luke Whitlock for BBC Wales


For 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 Dora Pejačević:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000tqb


And 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