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Rubinstein
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Anton Rubinstein.
Ponce
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Mexican composer Manuel Ponce.
Cimarosa
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa
Debussy
Donald Macleod discusses the fruits of a number of Debussy's important friendships
Haydn
Donald Macleod explores Haydn's final works.
Strozzi
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Barbara Strozzi, with Dr Sara Pecknold
Women of the MacDowell Colony
Donald explores the work of the many female composers who have visited MacDowell colony.
Granados
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados.
Telemann
Donald Macleod explores who the real Telemann was.
Vaughan Williams
Donald Macleod charts the long life and career of Vaughan Williams.
Sterndale Bennett
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of William Sterndale Bennett.
Byrd
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of William Byrd.
Purcell
Henry Purcell, a musical revolutionary remembered as Britain's 'musical Shakespeare'
Dussek
Donald Macleod explores Dussek鈥檚 early years traveling through Europe.
Satie
Satie the Onion: his surreal life viewed in reverse.
Clara Schumann and Her Circle
Clara Schumann and the extraordinary circle of composers and musicians she moved in
Gershwin
Donald explores the colourful life and music of George Gershwin, a pianist and composer.
Johann Strauss I and II
Donald Macleod explores the lives of and music of Johann Strauss I and his son, Johann
Stravinsky and the Symphony
Donald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life through his symphonies.
Paisiello
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Giovanni Paisiello.
Bernard Stevens
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of neglected British composer Bernard Stevens
Mozart
Donald explores Mozart's relationship with his home city of Salzburg.
Brahms
Looking at the life and work of Johannes Brahms and some of his larger orchestral works
Butterworth
Donald Macleod explores the music of George Butterworth and four of his contemporaries
Villa Lobos
Donald explores the music and life of Villa-Lobos with musicologist Manoel Correa do Lago
Janacek
Donald looks at Janacek's life through his instrumental and small-scale compositions.
Mendelssohn
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composers.
Rimsky-Korsakov
Donald Macleod explores Rimsky-Korsakov's final years.
Rubbra
Donald is joined by Edmund Rubbra's sons Benedict and Adrian, who discuss their father.
Oliver Knussen
Donald Macleod invites composer Oliver Knussen to join him to discuss his life and career
Anoushka Shankar
Donald is joined by composer and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.