Composer of the Week Podcast Podcast
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.
UK Only
Episodes to download
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Granados
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados.
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Women of the MacDowell Colony
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Donald explores the work of the many female composers who have visited MacDowell colony.
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Strozzi
Fri 11 Mar 2016
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Barbara Strozzi, with Dr Sara Pecknold
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Debussy
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Donald Macleod discusses the fruits of a number of Debussy's important friendships
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Dutilleux
Tue 26 Jan 2016
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer Henri Dutilleux
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Coulthard
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Canadian composer Jean Coulthard
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Stockhausen
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Donald Macleod and Robert Worby explore the life and music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
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Sibelius
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Donald explores how Sibelius's music helped bring the nation of Finland into being
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CPE Bach
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Donald Macleod explores the life of CPE Bach, the second son of Johann Sebastian
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Farrenc
Thu 5 Nov 2015
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of 19th-century French composer Louise Farrenc
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Nielsen
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Carl Nielsen's early life in rural Denmark in the aftermath of the 1864 war with Prussia
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Bellini
Fri 25 Sep 2015
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini
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Shostakovich
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Donald Macleod views Dmitry Shostakovich through the prism of his string quartets
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