More One Hit Wonders: Part 1
Donald Macleod presents another selection of composers who are most famous for a single work. Last Easter, Composer of the Week explored the lives of ten composers whose music we adore but mainly only...
30 Dec 202243min
JS Bach at Christmas
Donald Macleod invites us to join Bach and his family during the Christmas season, at five different periods in his life.Christmas can be special wherever you live, but to experience a truly Christmas...
23 Dec 20221h 20min
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940)
Donald Macleod explores the recently unearthed life and works of Leokadiya Kashperova, one of the most talented composers and pianists of her generation. The name of Leokadiya Kashperova was, for man...
16 Dec 20221h 3min
César Franck (1822-1890)
Donald Macleod explores how Cesar Franck, who was, known for being retiring and unassuming, became a leading figure of French musical life.It seems as if Franck's diffident character positively hinder...
9 Dec 202254min
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
Donald Macleod explores Chopin and his relationship with novelist George Sand, from their first meetings to their fractious end. Early in 1837, Franz Liszt introduced Chopin to a woman who would have ...
2 Dec 20221h 12min
Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003)
Marking the centenary of her birth, Donald Macleod delves in to the little known world of 20th century British composer Doreen Carwithen.Doreen Carwithen is one of only a handful of female British com...
25 Nov 20221h 7min
The Harlem Renaissance
The northern Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem was meant to be an upper-class white neighborhood, but rapid overdevelopment led to empty buildings and desperate landlords seeking to fill them. In the e...
18 Nov 20221h 40min
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Verdi and the city of Milan. As the hearse carrying the coffin of the composer Giuseppi Verdi travelled through Milan, more than half of the city’s pop...
11 Nov 20221h 2min
