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
Granados
March 25, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados.
Women of the MacDowell Colony
March 18, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBDonald Macleod explores the work of the many female composers who have visited the Edward MacDowell artists' colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire
Strozzi
March 11, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Barbara Strozzi, with Dr Sara Pecknold
Debussy
February 26, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBDonald Macleod discusses the fruits of a number of Debussy's important friendships
Cimarosa
February 19, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa
Ponce
February 12, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Mexican composer Manuel Ponce.
Rubinstein
February 05, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBAnton Rubinstein was called the Michelangelo of music and was one of the most prolific and charismatic musical figures of the 19th century.
Dvorak
January 29, 2016 11:50 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Dvorak
Dutilleux
January 26, 2016 12:30 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer Henri Dutilleux
Coulthard
January 15, 2016 11:50 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Canadian composer Jean Coulthard
Stockhausen
January 08, 2016 11:50 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBDonald Macleod and Robert Worby explore the life and music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Berwald
December 25, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Berwald,
Sibelius
December 11, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBDonald Macleod explores how Sibelius's music helped bring the nation of Finland into being
CPE Bach
December 10, 2015 14:10 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second son of Johann Sebastian
CPE Bach
December 10, 2015 14:10 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second son of Johann Sebastian
Hoagy Carmichael
November 20, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael.
Chabrier
November 13, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Emmanuel Chabrier.
Farrenc
November 06, 2015 11:50 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of 19th-century French composer Louise Farrenc
Nielsen
October 30, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBCarl Nielsen's early life in rural Denmark in the aftermath of the 1864 war with Prussia
Kapralova
October 16, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBA profile of Czech composer and conductor Vitezslava Kapralova
Rachmaninov
October 09, 2015 10:50 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBDonald Macleod explores Rachmaninov the pianist-composer.
Bellini
September 25, 2015 11:42 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini
Shostakovich
September 18, 2015 10:30 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBDonald Macleod views Dmitry Shostakovich through the prism of his string quartets
Elgar
September 11, 2015 10:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Edward Elgar.
Elgar
September 11, 2015 10:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Edward Elgar.
Walton
August 07, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of English composer William Walton
Three Choirs
July 31, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBDonald Macleod explores the 300-year history of the Three Choirs Festival.
Poulenc
July 24, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBDonald Macleod charts some of Francis Poulenc's important musical friendships
Arvo Part
June 26, 2015 10:50 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of Estonian composer Arvo Part.
Kodaly
June 05, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBIn conversation with David Vinden, Donald Macleod evaluates the life Zoltán Kodály.
Bacewicz
May 29, 2015 10:50 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and work of composer and violinist Grazyna Bacewicz
Schutz
May 22, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBDonald Macleod explores the early years of the man described as the "father of German Music", Heinrich Schutz.
Widor
May 15, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBDr John Near joins Donald Macleod to journey through the world of Widor, looking beyond his famous organ Toccata to explore the composer's chamber and orchestral music.
Scriabin
May 01, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and career of the virtuoso pianist and composer Alexander Scriabin, described as 'one of the most enigmatic and controversial and artistic personalities of all time'
Tailleferre
April 17, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 59 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and music of Germaine Tailleferre, whose published legacy reveals a rich treasure trove of chamber works, solo piano, concertos, ballets, operas and songs
Chopin
April 10, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the music and life of Chopin, zooming in on five key places on his lifetime itinerary
Chopin
April 10, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBDonald Macleod explores the music and life of Chopin, zooming in on five key places on his lifetime itinerary
Judith Weir
April 03, 2015 10:50 - 1 hour - 70 MBDonald Macleod is joined by composer Judith Weir to discuss her life and work. Her music draws on a wide variety of sources: fairy tales, folk stories, Chinese philosophy and Indian music and culture
Holst
March 27, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and career of English composer Gustav Holst
Five Under 35
March 13, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBDonald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work and the issue of women in music from a contemporary perspective
Jacquet de la Guerre
March 06, 2015 11:50 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBHailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music, Donald Macleod explores with Mary Cyr, the life and music of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.
Verdi
February 27, 2015 11:50 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBDonald Macleod explores Giuseppe Verdi’s middle period.
Bartok
January 30, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBDonald Macleod explores the life and career of composer Bela Bartok (1881-1945), one of the most influential composers of the 20th Century. Today he focuses on Bartok's sickly childhood, early life and musical beginnings, including his first major work Kossuth, influenced by Strauss and inspired by a Hungarian revolutionary.
Haydn
January 23, 2015 11:50 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBExploring Haydn's time at the Hungarian palace of Eszterhaza, the composer's primary base of operations for nearly a quarter of a century and where, he said, he 'was forced to become original'