Composer of the Week Podcast
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
Episodes to download
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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
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Beethoven
Fri 27 Dec 2013
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven, focusing on how he...
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70th Anniversary Special - Louise Farrenc
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Donald Macleod marks Composer of the Week's 70th birthday by featuring a composer by 3...
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Iceland
Fri 13 Dec 2013
Donald Macleod explores the landscapes and vistas of Iceland, to discover its unique...
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Pietro Mascagni
Fri 6 Dec 2013
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Mascagni, who triumphed in his early with...
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Saint-Saens
Fri 29 Nov 2013
Donald Macleod explores the charming and eccentric variety of later works by Camille...
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Britten 100
Fri 22 Nov 2013
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Benjamin Benjamin Britten for the 100th...
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Bill Evans
Fri 15 Nov 2013
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Bill Evans, the 'poet of the piano' and...
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Ethel Smyth
Fri 8 Nov 2013
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composer, author and women's rights Ethel...
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Franz Joseph Haydn
Fri 1 Nov 2013
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Haydn through another musical form apart...
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Lully
Fri 25 Oct 2013
Donald Macleod explores the work of Lully, the pre-eminent composer of the French in a...
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Chaminade and Holmes
Fri 18 Oct 2013
Donald Macleod, with the help of experts Marcia Citron of Rice University and Karen of...
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Verdi 200
Fri 11 Oct 2013
Donald Macleod explores Verdi's later life and music when, after years of honing his...
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British Film Music
Fri 27 Sep 2013
Donald Macleod is joined by writer and film music expert John Huckvale to explore film...
