Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber’s city lives and those dramas and scandals survived throughout. Weber’s relationship with European cities mirrored his life and work, from the restless wan...
30 Sep 202258min
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
This week Donald Macleod lifts the lid on the life and music of Anton Bruckner, focusing upon different themes to better understand both the man and the music.Anton Bruckner was one of the great symph...
16 Sep 20221h 7min
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Donald Macleod explores the work of Franz Schubert, focusing on five distinct phases in the composer’s life. And afterlife.We start in 1815, the year in which Schubert turned 18 and was a reluctant sc...
9 Sep 202252min
Dietrich Buxtehude (c1637 – 1707)
Donald Macleod explores the life and works of legendary organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude. Buxtehude was a musical star in his own time, whom Johann Sebastian Bach walked almost 300 miles just ...
2 Sep 20221h 8min
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Donald explores composer Claudio Monteverdi, one of the most important figures in the development of Western music. As a composer of both secular and sacred music, over the course of his career he wor...
5 Aug 20221h 10min
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Donald Macleod explores Beethoven’s life as a set of themes and variations, beginning with his very first musical excursions in the form in the early 1790s.Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composed pi...
29 Jul 202257min
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Donald Macleod explores Ravel’s meteoric rise to fame and early chamber music - including a long-lost violin sonata, and a unique arrangement for four ondes martenots.The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-...
22 Jul 20221h 9min
Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836)
Donald Macleod begins the second leg of his “Tour de France” in three weeks focused on French composers across the centuries. This week, Donald introduces us to the remarkable life story and unsung mu...
15 Jul 20221h 17min
