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Composer of the Week

Exploring the life and works of composers.

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Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (3)
coming up (16)
Previous programmes:
by series (113)
by year (556)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Listen to the latest programme

    Spanish Baroque (1600-1750) Episode 3

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    Available since yesterday with 7 days left.

    3/5. Donald Macleod on modern styles, popular tunes dance rhythms and the 'villancico' form.

  2. Also available

    1. Spanish Baroque (1600-1750) Episode 2

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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.

    2. Spanish Baroque (1600-1750) Episode 1

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      Available since Monday with 5 days left.

      1/5. Donald Macleod introduces the little-known musicians of 17th and 18th-century Spain.

Featured

Forthcoming editions

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

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Composer of the Week Monteverdi in Venice.

Donald Macleod travelled to Venice to walk in Monteverdi’s footsteps.

Monteverdi in Venice Picture Gallery

Composer of the Week: Hector Berlioz

Listen to an extended version of Donald Macleod's conversations with Sir John Eliot Gardiner about Berlioz's works.

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Watch John McCabe perform exclusively in studio

He’s one of the most brilliant British composers – and pianists – of his generation. We have exclusive video footage of John McCabe performing in studio for Radio 3 and discussing his remarkable life and career with Donald Macleod.

Watch John McCabe perform exclusively in studio

Series Catch-up Trial

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

John Rutter talks to Donald Macleod

Composer John Rutter talks about his life and work in six short videos.

Watch John Rutter video

Wagner Podcast

Please note there will be no Podcast published on Friday 1st January for Composer of the Week.

Coming up

Today, 12:00 on Radio 3

Spanish Baroque (1600-1750) Episode 4

4/5. Donald Macleod explores the fierce debates about what constituted 'proper' Spanish music.

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