George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of George Frideric Handel through the patrons, employers and institutions that helped shape his career. From the aristocratic circles of Italy and the court ...
24 Heinä 1h 15min
Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria
Donald Macleod explores the development of Nigerian art music through the lives and work of some of its most influential composers. Joined by Alexander Douglas, he traces the emergence of a musical tr...
10 Heinä 1h 33min
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Leonard Bernstein – conductor, composer, educator and one of the most recognisable figures in American cultural life. From his student years at Harvard an...
3 Heinä 1h 19min
Anonymous
Donald Macleod explores a rich and varied body of music gathered under a single name: Anonymous. Bringing together works whose creators were never recorded, later forgotten or deliberately obscured, t...
19 Kesä 1h 22min
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Kate Molleson explores the life and music of Claudio Monteverdi, following his path from early experiments in Cremona to a career that would reshape European music. Trained in the traditions of Renais...
12 Kesä 1h 8min
Miles Davis 100
This week Kate Molleson explores the life and work of a cultural icon: trumpeter, composer and bandleader Miles Davis, who was born 100 years ago this week and remains one of the most innovative and i...
29 Touko 1h 20min
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Kate Molleson explores the life and music of Florence Price, joined by pianist and scholar Samantha Ege. From her childhood in Little Rock, where family, education and the realities of racial segregat...
15 Touko 1h 26min
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Béla Bartók was regarded as one of Hungary’s greatest composers. His fellow countryman, the pianist Andras Schiff, called him “one of the giants in the history of music.” But he was also one of the fo...
8 Touko 1h 10min
