Composer of the Week Podcast

Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of the elusive French composer, Edouard Lalo Even if you know the name, it's possible you might not be able to place the French composer Edouard Lalo date-wis...

27 Okt 202357min

Kate Molleson explore the life and music of Afro-Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes GarciaComposer of the Week shines the spotlight on the Afro-Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia. Haile...

6 Okt 20231h 27min

Donald Macleod marks Composer of the Week's 80th anniversaryComposer of the Week has been produced in Cardiff since 1999 so it's fitting that Donald is celebrating Welsh composers in this anniversary ...

29 Sep 20231h 24min

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

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

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

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

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