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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Lehar
Fri 30 Dec 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Ferencz Lehar, a naturally gifted and and...
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Handel
Fri 23 Dec 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Handel, the German-born composer who in...
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fri 16 Dec 2011
Donald Macleod introduces the life and music of Beethoven during the turbulent years...
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Le Concert Spirituel
Fri 9 Dec 2011
Donald Macleod explores the 18th century's longest-running concert series, Le Concert...
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Smetana
Fri 2 Dec 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Bedrich Smetana, a composer credited with...
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Percy Grainger
Fri 25 Nov 2011
Donald Macleod explores the unconventional life and music of Australian-born composer,...
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Bebop
Fri 18 Nov 2011
Donald Macleod is joined by writer and broadcaster Geoffrey Smith to explore the jazz...
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Elgar
Fri 11 Nov 2011
Donald Macleod and Terry Charman from the Imperial War Museum explore the life and of...
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Fri 4 Nov 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Alessandro Scarlatti, who is seen as the...
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Finnish Composers
Fri 28 Oct 2011
Donald Macleod is joined by Finnish music expert Tim Howell, to explore the work of as...
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Herold, Adam and Delibes
Fri 21 Oct 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Ferdinand Herold, Adolphe Adam and Leo in...
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William Schuman
Fri 7 Oct 2011
Donald Macleod introduces the life and career of William Schuman - one of the most and...
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Vivaldi
Fri 30 Sep 2011
Donald Macleod begins his story of an unconventional priest, who wrote The Four and of...
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Nielsen
Fri 23 Sep 2011
Donald Macleod considers the reasons behind the differing opinions of Nielsen's music...
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Grechaninov
Fri 16 Sep 2011
Donald Macleod traces the life and music of Aleksandr Grechaninov, a composer who was...
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Weber
Fri 9 Sep 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Carl Maria von Weber, a German composer,...
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Victoria
Fri 26 Aug 2011
Victoria's life and music burned with religious fervour. Swept up by the Catholic of...
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Brahms
Fri 19 Aug 2011
Donald Macleod explores in detail five calendar years in the life and work of Brahms.
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Bridge
Fri 5 Aug 2011
Examining the life and works of composer Frank Bridge, who for the last century has to...
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Liszt
Fri 29 Jul 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Liszt, including his early life,...
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Cavalli
Fri 22 Jul 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of unsung baroque hero Francesco Cavalli,...
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Saint-Saens
Fri 15 Jul 2011
The life and work of Camille Saint-Saëns, who started out as a child prodigy and but...
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Menotti
Fri 8 Jul 2011
Donald Macleod introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti - a composer who stood apart...
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Schubert
Fri 1 Jul 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Schubert, introducing music from of...
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British Light Music
Fri 24 Jun 2011
To accompany Light Fantastic, Radio 3's celebration of light music, Donald Macleod the...
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Svendsen
Fri 17 Jun 2011
Donald Macleod marks the centenary of Johan Svendsen, who became a Norwegian cultural...
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Satie
Fri 10 Jun 2011
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Erik Satie, arguably one of the most and...
