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蜜芽传媒 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

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Brahms

    Fri 22 Jul 2016

    Looking at the life and work of Johannes Brahms and some of his larger orchestral works

  • Mozart

    Fri 15 Jul 2016

    Donald explores Mozart's relationship with his home city of Salzburg.

  • Bernard Stevens

    Fri 8 Jul 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of neglected British composer Bernard Stevens

  • Paisiello

    Fri 1 Jul 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Giovanni Paisiello.

  • Stravinsky and the Symphony

    Fri 24 Jun 2016

    Donald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life through his symphonies.

  • Johann Strauss I and II

    Fri 17 Jun 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the lives of and music of Johann Strauss I and his son, Johann

  • Gershwin

    Thu 2 Jun 2016

    Donald explores the colourful life and music of George Gershwin, a pianist and composer.

  • Clara Schumann and Her Circle

    Fri 27 May 2016

    Clara Schumann and the extraordinary circle of composers and musicians she moved in

  • Satie

    Thu 21 Apr 2016

    Satie the Onion: his surreal life viewed in reverse.

  • Dussek

    Thu 21 Apr 2016

    Donald Macleod explores Dussek鈥檚 early years traveling through Europe.

  • Purcell

    Thu 21 Apr 2016

    Henry Purcell, a musical revolutionary remembered as Britain's 'musical Shakespeare'

  • Byrd

    Thu 21 Apr 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of William Byrd.

  • Sterndale Bennett

    Fri 15 Apr 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of William Sterndale Bennett.

  • Vaughan Williams

    Fri 1 Apr 2016

    Donald Macleod charts the long life and career of Vaughan Williams.

  • Telemann

    Fri 1 Apr 2016

    Donald Macleod explores who the real Telemann was.

  • Granados

    Thu 24 Mar 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados.

  • Women of the MacDowell Colony

    Fri 18 Mar 2016

    Donald explores the work of the many female composers who have visited MacDowell colony.

  • Strozzi

    Fri 11 Mar 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Barbara Strozzi, with Dr Sara Pecknold

  • Haydn

    Fri 4 Mar 2016

    Donald Macleod explores Haydn's final works.

  • Debussy

    Thu 25 Feb 2016

    Donald Macleod discusses the fruits of a number of Debussy's important friendships

  • Cimarosa

    Thu 11 Feb 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Domenico Cimarosa

  • Ponce

    Thu 11 Feb 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Mexican composer Manuel Ponce.

  • Rubinstein

    Fri 5 Feb 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Anton Rubinstein.

  • Dvorak

    Fri 29 Jan 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Dvorak

  • Dutilleux

    Tue 26 Jan 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer Henri Dutilleux

  • Coulthard

    Fri 15 Jan 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Canadian composer Jean Coulthard

  • Berwald

    Mon 11 Jan 2016

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Berwald,

  • Stockhausen

    Fri 18 Dec 2015

    Donald Macleod and Robert Worby explore the life and music of Karlheinz Stockhausen

  • Sibelius

    Fri 11 Dec 2015

    Donald explores how Sibelius's music helped bring the nation of Finland into being

  • CPE Bach

    Thu 10 Dec 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life of CPE Bach, the second son of Johann Sebastian

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