Five Under 35
Donald Macleod speaks to five members of a new generation of British composers about their work and the issue of women in music from a contemporary perspective
13 Mars 20151h 20min
Verdi
Donald Macleod explores Giuseppe Verdi’s middle period.
27 Feb 201556min
Purcell
Henry Purcell's stageworks: William and Mary's accession heralds a change in direction for one of England's most brilliant and respected composers. Donald Macleod charts Purcell's activities during th...
13 Feb 20151h 1min
Schubert
Donald Macleod explores music written in a critical time in Schubert's life, following the diagnosis of serious illness
6 Feb 20151h 7min
Bartok
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of composer Bela Bartok (1881-1945), one of the most influential composers of the 20th Century. Today he focuses on Bartok's sickly childhood, early life an...
30 Jan 20151h 12min
Haydn
Exploring Haydn's time at the Hungarian palace of Eszterhaza, the composer's primary base of operations for nearly a quarter of a century and where, he said, he 'was forced to become original'
23 Jan 20151h 9min
Lassus
Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Orlande de Lassus, a cosmopolitan composer who became so famous he was known as 'the divine Orlando'.
16 Jan 201556min
