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Donald Macleod and guest Yshani Perinpanayagam explore the lives and music of Jeremiah Clarke and Luigi Boccherini, composers who are most famous today for a single work.

Last Easter, Composer of the Week explored the lives of ten composers whose music we adore but mainly only for a lone composition. This week, Donald Macleod makes a second selection of classical ‘One Hit Wonders’ - ten more composers who have been catapulted into the mainstream thanks to the surprising popularity of just one of their pieces. He’s joined by pianist and music director, Yshani Perinpanayagam, to uncover these composers' stories and to share examples of their best music. We’ll hear the familiar hits alongside plenty of captivating music that’s less well-known.

Today Donald and Yshani unveil Jeremiah Clarke whose tragic story was only compounded when his most famous tune was credited to someone else. Plus they investigate why a single movement out of the thousands produced by Luigi Boccherini came to be held up as the quintessential sound of classical sophistication.

Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet tune 'The Prince of Denmark's March'
Maurice Murphy, trumpet
Consort of London; directed by Robert Clark

Jeremiah Clarke: Ode On The Death Of Henry Purcell (extracts)
Jeffrey Thompson, tenor
Geoffroy Buffière, bass
Le Poème Harmonique
Les Cris de Paris; directed by Vincent Dumestre

Boccherini: String Quintet in E major, Op 11 No 5, (3rd mvt)
Enrico Casazza, violin
La Magnifica Comunita

Boccherini(arr. Grützmacher) Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major (2nd mvt)
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
English Chamber Orchestra; conducted by Daniel Barenboim

Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 7 in G major (3rd mvt)
Enrico Bronzi, cello;
Accademia I Filarmonici

Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (3rd mvt)
José Miguel Moreno, guitar
La Real Cámara