Composer Of The Week

Donald Macleod explores the lesser-known masterpieces of popular and controversial Italian composer Ottorino Respighi

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Jacques Offenbach.

Donald Macleod presents an exploration of the life and vocal music of Johannes Brahms.

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Marin Marais and Michel-Richard Delalande, successors to Lully at the Louis XIV's court

As part of BBC Radio 3's Napoleon season, marking 200 years since his historic retreat from Moscow, Donald Macleod follows the French dictator's relationship with music

Donald Macleod explore the life and work of Russian composer Aleksandr Glazunov, who has been descried as 'the last of the Mohicans'

Donald Macleod reviews the life and work of Telemann, most prolific composer of the baroque era, whose reputation, in his time, was even greater than that of his compatriot, Bach.

Donald Macleod is joined by jazz trumpeter, composer and conductor Guy Barker to explore the story of big band jazz.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Charles Koechlin, an out-of-favour, free-thinking musician regarded as the 'missing link' between Debussy, Satie and Poulenc.

For the BBC's piano season, Donald Macleod explores the intersections between the lives of Rachmaninov and Medtner, as both forged their careers in the face of revolution, war and cultural exile

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composers Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz

Donald Macleod focuses on French composer and pianist Claude Debussy, examining his life, loves and passion for the piano.

Donald Macleod explores Liszt's extraordinary contribution to the piano repertoire, alongside the music of his friends, rivals and proteges

Donald Macleod is joined by pianist Miceal O'Rourke to explore the work of Romantic composer Fryderyk Chopin, and the 'father of the nocturne', John Field.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the Italian-born composer Muzio Clementi, popularly regarded as 'the father of the pianoforte'

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Anglo-African composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, an internationally renowned figure in late Victorian times.

Donald Macleod talks to America's most frequently performed living composer, John Adams, about his work

Donald Macleod explores the lives and works of the English Pastoralist composers. A feeling for landscape and place was important to them, and they often responded to places they knew and loved

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the great musical innovator Hector Berlioz

Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig