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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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    Handel

    Wed 2 Dec 2015

    Donald Macleod explores Handel's early years

  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Fri 20 Nov 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael.

  • Chabrier

    Fri 13 Nov 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Emmanuel Chabrier.

  • Farrenc

    Thu 5 Nov 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of 19th-century French composer Louise Farrenc

  • Nielsen

    Fri 30 Oct 2015

    Carl Nielsen's early life in rural Denmark in the aftermath of the 1864 war with Prussia

  • Cowell

    Thu 22 Oct 2015

    A profile of US composer and pianist Henry Cowell

  • Kapralova

    Fri 16 Oct 2015

    A profile of Czech composer and conductor Vitezslava Kapralova

  • Rachmaninov

    Fri 16 Oct 2015

    Donald Macleod explores Rachmaninov the pianist-composer.

  • Vanhal

    Fri 25 Sep 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the work of Vanhal.

  • Bellini

    Fri 25 Sep 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini

  • Shostakovich

    Thu 10 Sep 2015

    Donald Macleod views Dmitry Shostakovich through the prism of his string quartets

  • Elgar

    Thu 10 Sep 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Edward Elgar.

  • Walton

    Fri 7 Aug 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of English composer William Walton

  • Three Choirs

    Fri 31 Jul 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the 300-year history of the Three Choirs Festival.

  • Poulenc

    Fri 24 Jul 2015

    Donald Macleod charts some of Francis Poulenc's important musical friendships

  • Arvo Part

    Fri 26 Jun 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Estonian composer Arvo Part.

  • Bach

    Fri 19 Jun 2015

    Donald Macleod explores Bach's vocal music.

  • Kodaly

    Wed 3 Jun 2015

    In conversation with David Vinden, Donald Macleod evaluates the life Zolt谩n Kod谩ly.

  • Bacewicz

    Fri 29 May 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composer and violinist Grazyna Bacewicz

  • Schutz

    Fri 22 May 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the early years of the man described as the "father of German...

  • Widor

    Fri 15 May 2015

    Dr John Near joins Donald Macleod to journey through the world of Widor, looking his...

  • Mozart

    Fri 8 May 2015

    As part of Young Artists Day on Radio 3, Martin James Bartlett, 蜜芽传媒 Young Musician of...

  • Scriabin

    Fri 1 May 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and career of the virtuoso pianist and composer as of...

  • Tailleferre

    Fri 17 Apr 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Germaine Tailleferre, whose published a...

  • Chopin

    Fri 10 Apr 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Chopin, zooming in on five key places on...

  • Judith Weir

    Fri 3 Apr 2015

    Donald Macleod is joined by composer Judith Weir to discuss her life and work.

  • Holst

    Fri 27 Mar 2015

    Donald Macleod explores the life and career of English composer Gustav Holst

  • Weber

    Fri 20 Mar 2015

    Donald Macleod explores works by Carl Maria von Weber

  • Five Under 35

    Fri 13 Mar 2015

    Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about a...

  • Jacquet de la Guerre

    Fri 6 Mar 2015

    Hailed by scholars as one of the most successful women in the history of French music,...

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