Exploring the life and works of composers.
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Exploring the life and works of composers.
Get in touch...
composeroftheweek@bbc.co.uk
Call: 03700 100 300
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3/5. Donald Macleod on modern styles, popular tunes dance rhythms and the 'villancico' form.
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Available since Tuesday with 6 days left.
2/5. Donald Macleod on how composers at the Spanish court created their own musical theatre.
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1/5. Donald Macleod introduces the little-known musicians of 17th and 18th-century Spain.
WB 21st December RUTTER
WB 28th Decmber WAGNER (3 episodes only)
WB 4th January SPANISH BAROQUE
WB 11th January SCHNITTKE
WB 18th January ZELENKA
WB 25th January BORODIN
WB 1st February WALTON
Composer of the Week, is part of a trial for a limited number of radio series which are being made available with series catch-up. Series catch-up extends the availability window for individual episodes beyond the usual seven days after their transmission, allowing you the chance to listen to an entire series until a week after the final episode is broadcast.
The weeks that will benefit from this trial are: -
Salieri - 31 Aug - 4 Sep
Herrmann - 7 - 11 Sep
Tavener - 21 - 25 Sep
Please note there will be no Podcast published on Friday 1st January for Composer of the Week.
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