Mendelssohn

Donald Macleod talks to America's most frequently performed living composer, John Adams, about his work

7 Sep 20121h 10min

Donald Macleod explores the lives and works of the English Pastoralist composers. A feeling for landscape and place was important to them, and they often responded to places they knew and loved

17 Aug 20121h 1min

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the great musical innovator Hector Berlioz

10 Aug 201258min

Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig

3 Aug 201255min

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Beethoven, taking a snapshot view through the window of five of the composer's 32 piano sonatas.

27 Juli 201253min

Donald Macleod explores the music of Handel through five key 'years in the life' of the composer: 1707, 1717, 1725, 1739 and 1749

20 Juli 20121h 1min

Donald Macleod presents an exclusive week of interview with Michael Nyman.

13 Juli 201257min

Donald Macleod unmasks the real Paganini, with the help of biographer Andrew McGee

6 Juli 20121h 2min