Donald Macleod explores the music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles
Music at Versailles homepage
Donald Macleod explores Chopin's highly creative final years, spent at his lover's retreat
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) homepage
Life and work of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, focusing on his often neglected operas
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) homepage
Donald Macleod introduces performances with British composer and pianist John McCabe
John McCabe (1939- ) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the mythology surrounding the last decades of Sibelius's life
Sibelius - The Rest is Silence? (The Years 1925-1957) homepage
Donald Macleod charts the time Bach spent working at the ducal court in Weimar
Bach in Weimar homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of sibling prodigies Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn
Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn (1809-1847 and 1805-1847) homepage
Donald Macleod sets Girolamo Frescobaldi's music in the context of his times
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) homepage
Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes that inspired Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) homepage
Donald Macleod explores Handel oratorios, covering famous ones and other lesser-known ones
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) homepage
Donald Macloed explores the life and music of Argentinian composer player Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and glittering career of Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) homepage
Donald Macleod and Gerard McBurney chart Reinhold Gliere's life and career
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of prolific Italian composer Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) homepage
Donald Macleod and composer George Benjamin explore the music of Ligeti
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) homepage
Donald Macleod on Mozart's Vienna Years, which saw creative triumph and personal tragedy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the French composer Albert Roussel
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Hungarian composer and pianist Bela Bartok
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Joseph Haydn, a Radio 3 Composer of the Year
Donald Macleod presents a survey of Handel's career, as documented by his first biographer
Donald Macleod and leading Purcell scholar Bruce Wood explore Purcell's life and work
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) homepage
Donald Macleod discusses the music of Hector Berlioz with John Eliot Gardiner
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) homepage
Donald Macleod explores the music of Neapolitan composers of the 17th and 18th centuries
The Neapolitan Golden Age homepage
Donald Macleod charts the relationship between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck
Robert Schumann homepage
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore the live and work of Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen homepage
Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of this little-known German composer
Johann Pachelbel homepage
Donald Macleod explores the works of Michael Haydn
Michael Haydn homepage
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of unsung baroque hero Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli homepage