Composer of the Week
533 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★ - 219 ratingsBBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music. The podcast is compiled from the week's programmes and published on Friday, it is only available in the UK.
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Episodes
Birth of Polyphony
August 04, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBDonald Macleod takes a close look at the change from pure monophony to complex polyphony.
Mathias
July 28, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBDonald Macleod explores Mathias's student days in Aberystwyth and London
Messiaen
July 14, 2017 10:50 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the organ music of Olivier Messiaen.
Charpentier
July 07, 2017 10:50 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Rebecca Clarke
June 02, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBDonald Macleod looks at life of Rebecca Clarke with Christopher Johnson and Ian Jones.
Praetorius
May 05, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBDonald Macleod focuses on Praetorius's final years and works.
LeFanu
April 28, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBBritish composer Nicola LeFanu discusses her life and music with Donald Macleod.
LeFanu
April 28, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBDonald Macleod talks to British composer Nicola LeFanu in the year of her 70th birthday
Joplin
April 07, 2017 10:50 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBDonald Macleod looks at the African-American composer Scott Joplin.
Zemlinsky
March 24, 2017 11:50 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Alexander Zemlinsky
Maxwell Davies
March 17, 2017 11:50 - 1 hour - 56 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Peter Maxwell Davies.
The Women of Renaissance Ferrara
March 10, 2017 11:50 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBDonald with Laurie Stras explore the work of the female composers of Renaissance Ferrara.
Gade
February 24, 2017 11:50 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBDonald Macleod is joined by Dr Colin Roth to explore the life and work of Niels Gade.
Ravel
February 17, 2017 11:50 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBDonald Macleod explores the enigmatic personality and vibrant music of Maurice Ravel.
Mackenzie
February 10, 2017 11:50 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Alexander Mackenzie.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
January 20, 2017 11:50 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Schoenberg
January 06, 2017 11:50 - 1 hour - 68 MBDonald Macleod explores Schoenberg's life from five different viewpoints
Novello
December 30, 2016 12:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Ivor Novello.
Caccini
December 16, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Francesca Caccini and her circle.
Schubert
November 11, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBDonald Macleod explores the remarkable and prolific final year of Schubert's life.
Meredith Monk
November 04, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBDonald Macleod talks to Meredith Monk about her remarkable life and unique music
Michael Haydn
October 28, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBMichael Haydn. He was a composer admired and respected by Mozart and revered by Schubert
Martinu
October 14, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Bohuslav Martinu.
Daniel Kidane
October 07, 2016 15:47 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBDonald is in conversation with Composer Daniel Kidane .
Anna Meredith
October 07, 2016 11:29 - 25 minutes - 23 MBDonald Macleod talks to acoustic and electronic music composer Anna Meredith.
Helen Grime
October 06, 2016 11:40 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBDonald Macleod speaks to British composer Helen Grime about her work.
Gwilym Simcock
October 04, 2016 15:35 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBDonald's joined by composer and jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock .
Anoushka Shankar
October 04, 2016 11:18 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDonald is joined by composer and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.
Oliver Knussen
October 03, 2016 16:26 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBDonald Macleod invites composer Oliver Knussen to join him to discuss his life and career
Rubbra
September 23, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBDonald is joined by Edmund Rubbra's sons Benedict and Adrian, who discuss their father and his music
Rimsky-Korsakov
September 16, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBDonald Macleod explores Rimsky-Korsakov's final years through the lens of his biographer, Vasily Vasilyevitch Yastrebtsev
Villa Lobos
August 12, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBDonald explores the music and life of Villa-Lobos with musicologist Manoel Correa do Lago
Butterworth
August 05, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBDonald Macleod explores the music of George Butterworth and four of his contemporaries
Brahms
July 29, 2016 10:50 - 53 minutes - 49 MBLooking at the life and work of Johannes Brahms and some of his larger orchestral works
Mozart
July 15, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBDonald explores Mozart's relationship with his home city of Salzburg.
Mozart
July 15, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBDonald explores Mozart's relationship with his home city of Salzburg.
Bernard Stevens
July 08, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of neglected British composer Bernard Stevens
Stravinsky and the Symphony
July 01, 2016 10:50 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBDonald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life through his symphonies.
Johann Strauss I and II
June 17, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBDonald Macleod explores the lives of and music of Johann Strauss I and his son, Johann
Gershwin
June 03, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBDonald explores the colourful life and music of George Gershwin, a pianist and composer.
Clara Schumann and Her Circle
May 27, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the lives and music of Clara Schumann and the extraordinary circle of composers and musicians she moved in
Dussek
May 13, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBDonald Macleod explores Dussek’s early years traveling through Europe.
Purcell
April 29, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Henry Purcell, a musical revolutionary remembered as Britain's 'musical Shakespeare'
Purcell
April 29, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Henry Purcell, a musical revolutionary remembered as Britain's 'musical Shakespeare'
Byrd
April 22, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of William Byrd.
Sterndale Bennett
April 15, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of William Sterndale Bennett.
Vaughan Williams
April 08, 2016 10:50 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBDonald Macleod charts the long life and career of Vaughan Williams.