Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer Darius Milhaud. Once a member of the influential group Les Six, he was prolific, but known for a handful of works.
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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.
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Folge vom 22.10.2010Milhaud
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Folge vom 15.10.2010TchaikovskyDonald Macleod explores rarities from a 'lost decade' in Tchaikovsky's life.
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Folge vom 08.10.2010WagnerDonald Macleod explores the life and controversial work of Richard Wagner. His life was every bit as much of a titanic saga as the epic music dramas which he created.
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Folge vom 01.10.2010TallisTallis - musical genius of the English Tudor age: Donald Macleod presents highlights from five Composer of the Week episodes exploring the life and work of Thomas Tallis. Tallis worked at the hub of English church music, the Chapel Royal, for forty years during which the country shuddered with political and religious upheaval. Music was one of the battlegrounds, with significant risks attached for its practitioners. Through it all, Tallis turned out piece after piece of glorious music, seemingly unperturbed when all the rules changed and changed again. Tallis delicately negotiated the move from elaborate, large-scale Catholic works of the early sixteenth century to a plainer style under Edward.