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
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, from his first steps up the musical ladder, to his premature death at the age of 37 and the legacy left behind. At the turn of th...
4 Nov 20221h 7min
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Donald Macleod delves into the life and works of Robert Schumann during the 1840s. The 1840s was the decade when Robert and Clara Schumann’s married life began, and was the decade in which he establis...
21 Okt 20221h 1min
Adolphus Hailstork (1941)
Donald Macleod journeys into the varied musical landscape of Adolphus Hailstork, in conversation with the composer himself.American composer Adolphus Hailstork has written in many genres ranging from ...
7 Okt 20221h 2min
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber’s city lives and those dramas and scandals survived throughout. Weber’s relationship with European cities mirrored his life and work, from the restless wan...
30 Sep 202258min
