Composer of the Week Podcast
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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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Brahms Experience- Johannes Brahms
Fri 10 Oct 2014
Exploring the friendship between Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, who would become...
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Dyson
Fri 3 Oct 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of George Dyson, celebrated composer, and...
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Panufnik
Fri 26 Sep 2014
Donald Macleod celebrates the life and music of Warsaw-born composer Andrzej Panufnik
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Donizetti
Fri 19 Sep 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Gaetano Donizetti, who composed almost 70...
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Rameau
Fri 12 Sep 2014
Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Graham Sadler to celebrate the work of one of in...
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Dvorak
Fri 5 Sep 2014
Donald Macleod explores Dvorak's relationship with the British Isles, which he visited...
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Stravinsky
Fri 8 Aug 2014
Donald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life and work up to the end of World War I,...
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Cole Porter
Fri 1 Aug 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Cole Porter, one of the most famous of...
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Janacek
Fri 25 Jul 2014
Donald Macleod celebrates the life and music of Leos Janacek. Known primarily as a and...
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Dittersdorf
Fri 18 Jul 2014
Donald Macleod on the life and music of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, a composer whose...
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Buxtehude
Fri 11 Jul 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Danish organist and composer Dietrich...
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Ravel and His World
Sat 5 Jul 2014
Donald Macleod explores Ravel's life and music in context with his friends in the Les...
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Gurney
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Kate Kennedy to explore the life and work of Ivor Gurney.
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Weinberg
Fri 6 Jun 2014
Donald Macleod and Martin Anderson explore the life and work of Mieczyslaw Weinberg
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Berlioz
Fri 30 May 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of quintessential romantic, Hector Berlioz
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Grieg
Fri 16 May 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Edvard Grieg, including five key works...
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Hans Gal
Fri 9 May 2014
Donald Macleod is joined by conductor, cellist and Gal expert Kenneth Woods to explore...
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Handel
Fri 25 Apr 2014
Donald Macleod explores the music Handel composed for Kings George I and II and to in...
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Locatelli
Fri 4 Apr 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Pietro Locatelli. He became famous for of...
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Leopold Mozart
Fri 21 Mar 2014
Donald Macleod is joined by Prof Cliff Eisen to explore the life and work of Wolfgang...
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Mendelssohn
Fri 14 Mar 2014
Donald Macleod explores Mendelssohn's formative years and the musical treasures they...
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Rossini
Fri 21 Feb 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Gioachino Rossini, most successful of...
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Mahler
Fri 14 Feb 2014
Donald Macleod explores Mahler's childhood in Bohemia, where he was inspired by the of...
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Taneyev
Fri 7 Feb 2014
Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson to explore the life and music...
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Massenet
Fri 31 Jan 2014
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of one of France's most spectaular operatic...
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The Sammartini Brothers
Fri 3 Jan 2014
Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of Giuseppe and Giovanni Sammartini