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Composer of the Week

Exploring the life and works of composers.

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Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (5)
coming up (12)
Previous programmes:
by series (105)
by year (519)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Listen to the latest programme

    Erik Satie (1866-1925) Le Maitre

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    Available since Friday with 5 days left.

    5/5. Donald Macleod focuses on Satie's momentous last decade.

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    1. Erik Satie (1866-1925) Two Masterpieces

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      Available since Thursday with 4 days left.

      4/5. Donald Macleod presents two works considered Satie's greatest, plus a rare miniature.

    2. Erik Satie (1866-1925) Le Fantaisiste

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      Available since Wednesday with 3 days left.

      3/5. Donald Macleod explores Satie's famously eccentric character.

    3. Erik Satie (1866-1925) Monsieur Le Pauvre

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      Available since Tuesday with 2 days left.

      2/5. Donald Macleod explores Satie's 'mystic' period of the 1890s.

    4. Erik Satie (1866-1925) Gymnopediste

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      Available since last Monday with 17 hours left.

      1/5. Donald Macleod explores Satie's early life and his famous set of three Gymnopedies.

Featured

Forthcoming editions

WB 26th October MUSSORGSKY
WB 2nd November NIELSEN
WB 9th November SATIE
WB 16th November PURCELL'S CONTEMPORARIES RPT
WB 23rd November MOSZKOWSKI

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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

Coming up

Next Monday, 12:00 on Radio 3

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) Episode 1

1/5. Donald Macleod investigates just how famous Moszkowski was.

11 more programmes coming up in the next 7 days (including repeats).

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