BBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music. The podcast is compiled from the week's programmes and published on Friday, it is only available in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrvd3
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 26 days 13 hours 1 minute
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Donald Macleod explores Mendelssohn’s experiences in the British Isles
Greatest Showstoppers
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of four 19th century ‘showstoppers’
A Vaughan Williams Christmas
Kate Molleson explores Vaughan Williams’s experiences of Christmas across his life
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of German composer Engelbert Humperdinck
A Medieval Christmas
Donald Macleod marks the beginning of Advent with the music from the Middle Ages
Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
Donald Macleod reflects on the life and music of American composer and writer, Ned Rorem
John and Alice Coltrane
Kate Molleson and Kevin Le Gendre dive into the lives and music of John & Alice Coltrane
Berlioz and Shakespeare
Donald Macleod surveys the spell Shakespeare cast on Berlioz's life and music