Debbie Wiseman
Donald Macleod visits Debbie Wiseman at home to discuss her long and varied career
Donald Macleod visits Debbie Wiseman at home to discuss her long and varied career.
Debbie Wiseman has over two hundred credits for her music, ranging from television and film, to the concert hall and music for royal pageantry. Not only is she a multi-award winning composer, but also a teacher, pianist and conductor, often performing in and recording her own works. This week, Donald Macleod visits Debbie Wiseman at her home in London to discuss her long and varied career. We hear about the film composer's craft of evoking different worlds in music, Debbie鈥檚 belief in versatility and lifelong learning, the challenges of composing for royal events, and her life outside the studio.
Music featured:
Wolf Hall
The Musical Zodiac
Haunted
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Wilde
Judge John Deed (Man of Law)
The Andrew Marr Show (Affairs Current)
Tom & Viv
The Nightingale and the Rose
Arsene Lupin
Lighthouse
The Promise
Warriors
Edie
The Ugly Duckling
Quiet Room
Gigue
The 90th Birthday Celebration Suite
The Glorious Garden
Tom鈥檚 Midnight Garden
Flood
Middletown
The Upper Hand (Joe & Diana)
Joanna Lumley鈥檚 Nile (Journey of a Lifetime)
Father Brown
Land Girls (While We鈥檙e Away)
The Selfish Giant
Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Luke Whitlock for 大象传媒 Wales
For full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Debbie Wiseman
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And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
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