Composer of the Week Podcast
大象传媒 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.
UK Only
Episodes to download
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Vaughan Williams
Thu 20 Jan 2011
Donald Macleod surveys Vaughan Williams's operas, a neglected area of his work
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Handel
Fri 14 Jan 2011
Donald Macleod and Suzanne Aspden of Oxford University focus on Handel the borrower of...
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Couperin
Thu 13 Jan 2011
Donald Macleod with biographer and musician Olivier Baumont explore the life and work...
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Donald Macleod's Mozart
Wed 12 Jan 2011
Donald Macleod maps out Mozart's life story, plays many of his favourite works and to...
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Donald Macleod's Mozart
Fri 7 Jan 2011
Donald Macleod maps out Mozart's life story, plays many of his favourite works and to...
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Russian Opera
Fri 31 Dec 2010
As part of the 大象传媒's focus on opera in 2010, Donald Macleod explores the rich of from...
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Bach in Cothen
Christmas Eve 2010
Donald Macleod explores Bach's six years in service at the court of Cothen.
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The MacDowell Colony
Fri 17 Dec 2010
The MacDowell Colony was founded in 1907 by the American composer Edward MacDowell and...
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Campra
Fri 10 Dec 2010
Donald Macleod and musicologist, harpsichordist and conductor William Christie explore...
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Moeran
Fri 3 Dec 2010
Donald Macleod explores the work of Moeran, who was a pioneer in the collecting of...
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Drottningholm
Fri 26 Nov 2010
Donald Macleod explores the history and music connected with the Drottningholm Opera...
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Britten
Fri 19 Nov 2010
Donald Macleod explores Benjamin Britten's music in the light of two enduring - his of...
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Haydn
Fri 12 Nov 2010
Donald Macleod investigates many aspects of Haydn's turbulent personality, including...
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Vaughan Williams
Fri 5 Nov 2010
Donald Macleod surveys Vaughan Williams's operas, a neglected area of his work
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Steve Reich
Fri 29 Oct 2010
Donald Macleod talks exclusively to one of the world's most celebrated living Steve...
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Milhaud
Fri 22 Oct 2010
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer Darius Milhaud.
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Tchaikovsky
Fri 15 Oct 2010
Donald Macleod explores rarities from a 'lost decade' in Tchaikovsky's life.
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Tallis
Fri 1 Oct 2010
Tallis - musical genius of the English Tudor age: Donald Macleod presents highlights...
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Ole Bull
Fri 17 Sep 2010
Highlights of Donald Macleod's visit to Anglesey for a celebration of Ole Bull: and of...
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Leonard Bernstein
Fri 10 Sep 2010
Donald Macleod explores the extraordinary life of Leonard Bernstein; inexhaustible and...
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Brahms
Fri 3 Sep 2010
Brahms: Chamber and Instrumental works. Highlights from five Composer of the Week by...
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JC Bach
Fri 9 Oct 2009
Donald Macleod introduces music and stories from the life of Johann Christian Bach.
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Gade
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Colin Roth to explore the life and work of Niels Gade.
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Ravel
Fri 17 Feb 2017
Donald Macleod explores the enigmatic personality and vibrant music of Maurice Ravel.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
