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Supporting Content

• Vaughan Williams Today

  Programmes, concerts and features celebrating Vaughan Williams's 150th anniversary.

  

• Beethoven Unleashed – the box set

  The complete set of Radio 3 Beethoven Unleashed podcasts, with Donald Macleod.

  

• What was really wrong with Beethoven?

  Georgia Mann and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh examine the composer's numerous health problems

  

• Composers A to Z

  Visit the extensive audio archive of Radio 3 programmes about Composers and their works.

  

• Who knew? Five eye-opening stories from Composer of the Week

  The production team reflects on 5 of Donald Macleod’s best stories from the last 20 years

  

• What is the strange power of Jerusalem which makes strong men weep?

  

• The composer of Jerusalem was very far from the conservative figure his image suggests.

  

• Find resources and contacts for composers from within the classical music industry.

  

• Tchaikovsky

  Donald Macleod explores the rich vein of fairy tale and fantasy in Tchaikovsky's music

  Duration: 39:26

• A hard nut to crack

  Donald Macleod explains why Tchaikovsky found his last ballet such a hard nut to crack.

  Duration: 1:40

• The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

  Donald Macleod reflects on the famous ballet work - The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy.

  Duration: 2:23