Harrison Birtwistle
Donald Macleod talks to Sir Harrison Birtwistle about his life, inspiration and music.This week Donald Macleod meets Sir Harrison Birtwistle, described as “the most forceful and uncompromisingly origi...
1 Nov 20191h 15min
Muzio Clementi
Donald Macleod delves into the life and work of piano prodigy Muzio Clementi.Muzio Clementi was one of the 18th and 19th century’s most revered musicians – a star performer, a composer admired by Czer...
18 Okt 20191h 7min
Sergei Prokofiev
Donald Macleod explores the music of Sergei Prokofiev and tells the story of his American dream.After a series of revolutions in his native Russia, the young composer Sergei Prokofiev made the decisio...
11 Okt 20191h 13min
Gustav Mahler
Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Gustav Mahler through five key themes. This week’s episode begins with an exploration of love - a potent force in Mahler’s creative armoury, but, for Mah...
27 Sep 201954min
Henry Purcell
Donald Macleod explores the music and life of Henry Purcell. Frustratingly little is known about the tragically abbreviated life of the composer who is arguably Britain’s greatest, Henry Purcell. Purc...
20 Sep 20191h
Franz Schubert
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Schubert.It’s hard to think of a composer more gregarious than Schubert, and further removed from the image of the reclusive genius, closeted away i...
6 Sep 20191h 2min
Guillaume Dufay
Donald Macleod is joined by William Lyons to explore Guillaume Dufay's life and music.The beauty, originality and technical mastery of Guillaume Dufay’s music illustrate why the Florentine ruler Piero...
30 Aug 20191h 18min
Edward Elgar
Donald Macleod explores Edward Elgar’s music through the locations that inspired him.Worcester-born, with his roots in the beautiful English countryside around Hereford and the Malverns yet drawn to t...
2 Aug 201957min
