Holmes and Duparc
Donald Macleod and Anastasia Belina explore the lives and music of Augusta Holmès and Henri Duparc.Imagine creating a grand spectacle that demands 1,200 performers, along with the most lavish sets and...
10 Jul 20201h 20min
Beethoven Unleashed: Private Papers
Donald Macleod explores Beethoven’s sketches and letters to see what they reveal about his life and music.This week Donald Macleod is joined by Beethoven scholar, Erica Buurman and biographer, Jan Swa...
3 Jul 20201h 31min
Beethoven Unleashed: Hero
Donald Macleod explores the triumphs, friends and foes of Beethoven’s ‘heroic’ phase.This week, Donald Macleod follows Ludwig van Beethoven through the years of 1804-1806; the beginning of what many c...
19 Jun 20201h 22min
Beethoven Unleashed: Return to Form
Donald Macleod explores the enduring power, pathos and innovation of Beethoven’s late string quartets with guests Laura Tunbridge and Edward Dusinberre.Just two years before he died, Beethoven returne...
5 Jun 20201h 34min
Beethoven Unleashed: New Pathways
Donald Macleod continues his journey through the life of Ludwig van Beethoven.In this week’s episode, Donald Macleod traces Beethoven’s story through the momentous years of 1802 and 1803. It was a tim...
22 Mai 20201h 17min
Beethoven Unleashed: Beethoven and the Voice
Donald Macleod explores Beethoven’s vocal music with Iain Burnside and Simone Young. In this week’s episode, Donald Macleod and his guests discuss some personal favourites from Beethoven's vocal mus...
8 Mai 20201h 21min
Beethoven Unleashed: Fate
Donald Macleod continues his journey through the life of Ludwig van Beethoven. In this week’s episode, Donald Macleod traces Beethoven’s story through the years 1799-1801. As he reaches his thirtieth ...
24 Apr 20201h 7min
Beethoven Unleashed: At the Keyboard
Pianist Jonathan Biss shares the wonder of Beethoven's piano sonatas with Donald Macleod. Recorded at the piano, in the Angela Burgess Recital Hall at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Jonathan sh...
10 Apr 20201h 52min
