Five startling, counterfactual histories of the lives of composers Chopin, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Beethoven and Satie from the imagination of Spanish writer Mart铆n Llade.
鈥淯chronia鈥� - noun - neologism. An alternative history or genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events or characters in a new light.
Five startling, counterfactual stories featuring Chopin, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Beethoven and Satie. These stories were originally created for classical music magazine Scherzo from the imagination of Spanish writer and radio presenter Mart铆n Llade, with hints of Borges and Marcel Schwob.
Uchronias straddles the gap between fact and fiction, creating hypothetical, 鈥渨hat if鈥� scenarios around 19th and 20th century composers and their lives.
Stories by Mart铆n Llade
Read by Blake Ritson
With thanks to Juan Lucas and David Johnston.
Stories originally published as "El horizonte quim茅rico" by Scherzo Editorial S.L.
Executive producer, Sara Davies
Sound mix, Adam Woodhams
Translated, produced and presented by Nicolas Jackson
An Afonica production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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