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Composer of the Week

BBC Radio 3•www.bbc.co.uk
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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

Schumann

Donald Macleod explores Schumann's Dusseldorf years.

Apr 21, 2017•59 min

Dvorak

Donald explores the critical period in the late 1870s when Dvorak first made his name.

Apr 14, 2017•52 min

Joplin

Donald Macleod looks at the African-American composer Scott Joplin.

Apr 07, 2017•1 hr 12 min

Zemlinsky

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Alexander Zemlinsky

Mar 24, 2017•56 min

Maxwell Davies

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Peter Maxwell Davies.

Mar 17, 2017•1 hr 1 min

Gade

Donald Macleod is joined by Dr Colin Roth to explore the life and work of Niels Gade.

Feb 24, 2017•1 hr 5 min

Ravel

Donald Macleod explores the enigmatic personality and vibrant music of Maurice Ravel.

Feb 17, 2017•1 hr 3 min

Mackenzie

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Alexander Mackenzie.

Feb 10, 2017•1 hr 4 min

Britten

Donald Macleod explores the music of Benjamin Britten's formative years.

Feb 03, 2017•1 hr 6 min

Schoenberg

Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's life from five different viewpoints

Jan 06, 2017•1 hr 14 min

Novello

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Ivor Novello.

Dec 30, 2016•1 hr 23 min

Prokofiev

Donald Macleod explores Prokofiev's triumphant and ultimately tragic return to the USSR.

Dec 23, 2016•1 hr 12 min

Caccini

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Francesca Caccini and her circle.

Dec 16, 2016•1 hr 4 min

Handel

Donald Macleod focuses on Handel the organist.

Dec 09, 2016•1 hr 4 min

Faure

Donald Macleod follows the dramatic thread running through Gabriel Faure's musical output

Nov 25, 2016•52 min

Schubert

Donald Macleod explores the remarkable and prolific final year of Schubert's life.

Nov 11, 2016•1 hr 4 min

Meredith Monk

Donald Macleod talks to Meredith Monk about her remarkable life and unique music

Nov 04, 2016•1 hr 24 min

Michael Haydn

Michael Haydn. He was a composer admired and respected by Mozart and revered by Schubert

Oct 28, 2016•1 hr 11 min

Martinu

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Bohuslav Martinu.

Oct 14, 2016•1 hr 2 min

Daniel Kidane

Donald is in conversation with Composer Daniel Kidane .

Oct 07, 2016•22 min

Anna Meredith

Donald Macleod talks to acoustic and electronic music composer Anna Meredith.

Oct 07, 2016•25 min

Helen Grime

Donald Macleod speaks to British composer Helen Grime about her work.

Oct 06, 2016•23 min

Gwilym Simcock

Donald's joined by composer and jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock .

Oct 04, 2016•21 min

Anoushka Shankar

Donald is joined by composer and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.

Oct 04, 2016•29 min

Oliver Knussen

Donald Macleod invites composer Oliver Knussen to join him to discuss his life and career

Oct 03, 2016•1 hr 35 min

Rubbra

Donald is joined by Edmund Rubbra's sons Benedict and Adrian, who discuss their father and his music

Sep 23, 2016•1 hr 12 min

Rimsky-Korsakov

Donald Macleod explores Rimsky-Korsakov's final years through the lens of his biographer, Vasily Vasilyevitch Yastrebtsev

Sep 16, 2016•1 hr 10 min

Mendelssohn

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of composers.

Aug 26, 2016•1 hr 20 min
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