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Donald Macleod transports us to Bruch鈥檚 spiritual home and creative haven.

鈥淥nly true melody outlasts all changes and shifts of time鈥� 鈥� so said this week鈥檚 composer, Max Bruch, the creator of what may be the world鈥檚 best-loved violin concerto. But Bruch would hate us to think of him as a one hit wonder. He even came to resent the very sound of his first Violin concerto, the only piece by which he鈥檚 often remembered. All this week, Donald Macleod colours in Bruch鈥檚 life story and reveals the breadth of his output, including some of his lesser-heard music.

Today, we hear the works inspired by Bruch鈥檚 spiritual home, a country house called the Igeler Hof in the Rhineland Hills. Since his childhood, visits there anchored him creatively, formed the backdrop for one of his most important friendships, and he held the place in his heart, even in his dying days.

Sommerlust im Walde, Op 71 No 1
Darmstadt Concert Choir
Wolfgang Seeliger, conductor

String Quartet No 1 (iii.Allegro molto en茅rgico)
Mannheim String Quartet
Symphony No 3 (iii. Scherzo Vivace)
Hungarian State Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

Das Lied von der Glocke (final movements)
Ute Selbig, soprano
Elisabeth Graf, alto
Matthias Bleidorn, tenor
Andr茅 Eckert, bass
Singakademie Dresden
Dresdner Philharmonie
Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor

Odysseus Prelude
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Robert Trevino, conductor

In Memoriam, Op 65
Kerson Leong, violin
Philharmonia
Patrick Hahn, conductor

Produced by Amelia Parker for 蜜芽传媒 Audio Wales and West