Pauline Viardot and her Circle
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the 19th-century French singer, pianist, composer and influential society figure, Pauline Viardot. “When I want to do something, I do it in spite of water...
18 Jun 20211h 13min
Robert Simpson (1921-97)
Robert Simpson - once described as "Britain's most important composer since Vaughan Williams", and "one of the century's most powerful and original symphonists" - was a man of integrity, a champion of...
4 Jun 20211h 14min
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Donald Macleod explores some of the many turning points in Fauré’s careerGabriel Fauré’s story begins during the second half of the 19th century, when the musical world was dominated by the heavily ro...
21 Mai 202156min
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Robert Schumann’s early training was focused towards his ambition to become a celebrated concert pianist, but a hand injury quickly put that career option out of reach. Schumann turned instead to comp...
14 Mai 202155min
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
This week, Donald Macleod explores Aaron Copland’s most productive decade, and features some of his best loved works in full. During this time Copland hit his prime. He became recognised as America’s ...
7 Mai 20211h 7min
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Donald Macleod explores Chopin’s time in BritainChopin made just two trips to Britain, both in later life. These visits are often portrayed as a disaster - a calamitous mistake of no worth to Chopin w...
23 Apr 20211h 24min
Joseph Haydn
Donald Macleod surveys the string quartets of Joseph Haydn.From his opus 0 and opus 1 of the 1750s to his unfinished opus 103 of 1803, Haydn’s 68 string quartets span the major part of his composition...
16 Apr 20211h 9min
