Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Donald Macleod reflects on Franz Liszt's Hungarian story - he spent little time there and couldn't speak the language but just how important to his music was the land of his birth?Music Featured:Hunga...

21 Jan 20221h 22min

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Jean-Baptiste LullyJean-Baptiste Lully was the most influential French composer of the 17th Century, a key figure in the court of Louis XIV. This week, Don...

14 Jan 20221h 21min

Donald Macleod chats to composer Errollyn Wallen about her life and workBelize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has been called a “renaissance woman of contemporary music”. She’s a remarkably ver...

7 Jan 20221h 27min

Donald Macleod delves into the operas of Giacomo PucciniGiacomo Puccini was man of the theatre to his fingertips. Born in Lucca in 1858, into a distinguished family of church musicians, Puccini was ne...

31 Des 20211h 1min

Donald Macleod explores Mozart’s prolific final years.Five years before Mozart’s premature death aged 35, the composer felt at the top of his game. He was performing regularly in Vienna and his music ...

24 Des 20211h 13min

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-Saëns once said “I produce music as an apple tree produces apples.” In his day, that fruit was gobbled up all across Euro...

17 Des 20211h 22min

Donald Macleod is joined by the composer Mark-Anthony TurnageMark-Anthony Turnage is a man with a reputation for shaking up the world of British classical music - a composer with a distinctive and reb...

10 Des 20211h 15min

As part of his 80th birthday celebrations in 2010, Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim looked back over his life and work, with Donald Macleod. The result is a fascinating retrospective of half a century...

2 Des 20211h 4min