Ludwig van Beethoven: Making His Way
Donald Macleod follows Beethoven as he sets himself up in his new home of Vienna. All through 2020, Donald Macleod takes an unprecedented deep dive into the compelling story and extraordinary music of...
28 Feb 20201h 13min
Claudio Monteverdi
Donald Macleod looks at five themes in Claudio Monteverdi's life through the letters he wrote.Claudio Monteverdi’s compositions range from the secular to the sacred. He is a composer whose work spans ...
21 Feb 20201h 9min
Ludwig van Beethoven: Conversations with Friends
Donald Macleod is joined by Raphael Wallfisch and Sara Bitlloch to discuss Beethoven’s early chamber music.All through 2020, Donald Macleod takes an unprecedented deep dive into the compelling story a...
14 Feb 20201h 10min
Samuel Wesley
Donald Macleod delves into the life and work of Samuel Wesley. Samuel Wesley was a child prodigy, and it was the older composer William Boyce who said of the boy that he was the English Mozart, and th...
7 Feb 202059min
Ludwig van Beethoven: Making a Man
Donald Macleod looks for clues in Beethoven’s early life that point towards the great man he would become.All through 2020, Donald Macleod takes an unprecedented deep dive into the compelling story an...
31 Jan 20201h 11min
Karol Szymanowski
Donald Macleod explores the myriad influences on the life’s work of Karol Szymanowski.The reshaping of Europe at the end of the First World War had a defining effect on Polish composer Karol Szymanows...
24 Jan 20201h
Ludwig van Beethoven: Why Beethoven?
Donald Macleod asks conductor Marin Alsop and historian Simon Schama why Beethoven's life and work still matter today.All through 2020, as part of Radio 3's Beethoven Unleashed season, Donald Macleod ...
17 Jan 20201h 23min
George Walker
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of George Walker, in conversation with his son Gregory. When Rosa King Walker announced to her five-year-old son George that, like it or not, he was going to...
10 Jan 20201h 12min
