Verdi 200
Donald Macleod explores Verdi's later life and music when, after years of honing his craft, he propelled opera from the world of the 19th century into the modern age
Oct 11, 2013•52 min
Composer of the Week
BBC 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.
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Episodes
British Film Music
Donald Macleod is joined by writer and film music expert John Huckvale to explore British film music. Covering over eight decades, their focus embraces Ealing comedy, Hammer horror, jazz and rock
Sep 27, 2013•1 hr 2 min
Golden Age of Hollywood
"Sound of Cinema" continues as Donald Macleod explores the soundtrack of The Golden Age of Hollywood, in the company of conductor and film music expert, John Wilson.
Sep 20, 2013•55 min
Gluck
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Christoph Willibald Gluck, seen as having 'reformed' opera in the second half of the 18th century, rescuing it from the excesses of the opera seria style
Sep 13, 2013•51 min
Dvorak
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Antonin Dvorak.
Sep 06, 2013•57 min
Sibelius
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, from his early years to his famous silent period
Aug 23, 2013•59 min
200 Years of the Royal Philharmonic Society
Donald Macleod recalls the story of the Royal Philharmonic Society - and the remarkable roll-call of commissions and world premieres given by the Society during its two centuries of existence
Aug 09, 2013•1 hr 13 min
Robert Schumann
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Robert Schumann, who drew his inspiration as much from literature and the dramas of his own life as from the music of the composers he revered
Aug 02, 2013•47 min
Tchaikovsky
Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Russia's most popular Romatic composer.
Jul 26, 2013•1 hr 3 min
Ravel and His World
Donald Macleod explores Ravel's life and music in context with his friends in the artistic group Les Apaches. As well as Ravel, there is music by Maurice Delage, Déodat de Séverac and Florent Schmitt
Jul 05, 2013•1 hr 8 min
George Lloyd
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of George Lloyd, the English Romantic composer who never stopped writing tunes, long after they had gone out of fashion.
Jun 28, 2013•50 min
Elgar
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the 'quintessentially English' Edward Elgar, a composer who nevertheless had musical roots firmly in Europe
Jun 21, 2013•58 min
Vaughan Williams
Donald Macleod reflects on Vaughan Williams's highly productive later years
Jun 07, 2013•57 min
Faure
Donald Macleod charts the life and work of Gabriel Faure. He's joined by the composer's biographer Jessica Duchen, pianist Billy Eidi, and the leading authority on Faure's music, Jean-Michel Nectoux.
May 31, 2013•1 hr 3 min
Wagner and His World
Donald Macleod explores the connections and relationships that helped establish Wagner as the most revolutionary musical thinker of the 19th century
May 24, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Hummel
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Hummel, regarded by Chopin as one of the three greatest masters alongside Mozart and Beethoven
May 17, 2013•54 min
Copland
Donald Macleod explores Copland's life and work through the places he lived, visited, and evoked in his music
May 10, 2013•1 hr
Meyerbeer
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Giacomo Meyerbeer in conversation with one of the composer's leading advocates, Robert Letellier
May 03, 2013•58 min
Gordon Jacob and Joseph Horovitz
Donald is joined by Joseph Horovitz,to talk about his own career and that of Gordon Jacob
Apr 19, 2013•1 hr 28 min
Gordon Jacob and Joseph Horovitz
Donald Macleod is joined by composer Joseph Horovitz, who not only talks about his own career, but also that of his one-time teacher Gordon Jacob
Apr 19, 2013•1 hr 28 min
Giacomo Puccini
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Giacomo Puccini
Apr 05, 2013•41 min
J S Bach
As part of Baroque Spring, a month-long season of Baroque music and culture, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Bach
Mar 29, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Vivaldi
As part of Baroque Spring, Radio 3's season celebrating Baroque music and culture, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Vivaldi.
Mar 22, 2013•58 min
Purcell
For Radio 3's Baroque Spring season, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of arguably the greatest English composer of the era, Henry Purcell
Mar 15, 2013•55 min
Handel
For Radio 3's Baroque Spring season, Donald Macleod explores Handel's years spent in Italy with the help of novelist, biographer and avid Handelian Jonathan Keates
Mar 08, 2013•57 min
Gounod
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Charles Gounod, known today for little other than the song Ave Maria and the hugely popular opera Faust, yet an important French composer
Mar 01, 2013•52 min
WF Bach
Donald Macleod presents a rare glimpse of WF Bach's life and legacy in conversation with Bach scholar David Schulenberg, featuring concerti, flute duets, cantatas and compositions for solo keyboard
Feb 22, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Avison and Stanley
Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of two composers who were 18th-century contemporaries but worked at opposite ends of the country: Charles Avison in Newcastle and John Stanley in London
Feb 08, 2013•56 min
Bruckner
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Anton Bruckner, now celebrated as one of the greatest symphonists of the 19th century
Feb 01, 2013•55 min
Jommelli
Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Niccolo Jommelli, who was once dubbed 'the new Orpheus'
Jan 25, 2013•50 min
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