Anniversary Special: A Welsh Quintet live from Cardiff
Donald Macleod celebrates 80 years of "Composer of the Week" with a concert of music by Grace Williams and Hilary Tann, curated by Welsh music historian Rhian Davies, and performed by the BBC Singers ...
29 Sep 202327min
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Donald Macleod surveys the life of Girolamo Frescobaldi and the musical spectacle of RomeGirolamo Frescobaldi established the keyboard style that would dominate Europe in the Baroque era. His life thr...
22 Sep 20231h 16min
Carlos Chávez (1899-1978)
Donald Macleod is joined by Odaline de la Martinez to explore the life and music of Carlos ChavezCarlos Chávez was both a rebel and an educator. Born in a Mexico on the brink of revolution, he would g...
15 Sep 20231h 13min
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Kate Molleson shares stories of Handel’s music at summer soirees across the British Isles When he arrived in London in 1712, German-born George Frideric Handel was already one of Europe’s most excitin...
8 Sep 202359min
Icons of British Light Music
Donald Macleod explores how the rise and fall of Light Music in BritainThe names of the composers of British Light Music - Coates, Ketèlby, Farnon, Dring or Tomlinson - might not be as well known as t...
1 Sep 20231h 2min
Anniversary Special: Composers in Conversation - Part 2
Donald Macleod celebrates the programme’s 80th anniversary with highlights from 10 memorable interviewsComposer of the Week is one of the longest-running strands on the BBC, first heard on the airwave...
4 Aug 20231h 5min
Anniversary Special: Composers in Conversation - Part 1
Donald Macleod celebrates the programme’s 80th anniversary with highlights from 10 memorable interviewsComposer of the Week is one of the longest-running strands on the BBC, first heard on the airwave...
4 Aug 20231h 2min
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Kate Molleson explores the spry and subtly surprising music of Germaine TailleferreKate Molleson revels in the spry and subtly surprising music of Germaine Tailleferre, with guests Barbara Kelly and C...
28 Juli 20231h 20min
