Counterfactual stories from Spanish writer Mart铆n Llade reimagining the lives and music of composers. How Claude Debussy鈥檚 music 鈥榯ook off鈥� after a chance meeting with a yogi.
鈥淯chronia鈥� - noun - neologism. An alternative history or genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events or characters in a new light.
Startling, counterfactual stories about composers Ravel, Mendelssohn, Lully, Debussy and Salieri from the imagination of Spanish writer and classical music radio presenter Mart铆n Llade.
Uchronias straddles the gap between fact and fiction, creating hypothetical, 鈥渨hat if鈥� scenarios around much-loved composers, their music and their lives.
Episode 4: How Claude Debussy鈥檚 music 鈥榯ook off鈥� following a chance meeting with a yogi.
Written by Mart铆n Llade
Read by Blake Ritson
With thanks to Juan Lucas and David Johnston.
Stories originally created for Spanish classical music magazine Scherzo and 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 麻豆社 Radio 3
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