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- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Donald Macleod explores Handel’s early career in Italy, as he builds relationships with influential patrons and establishes his reputation.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002yy47

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- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Donald Macleod explores Handel’s early career in Italy, as he builds relationships with influential patrons and establishes his reputation.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002yy47

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod explores Barber’s final years when he was suffering from alcoholism, depression and cancer.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnz2

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod explores Barber’s final years when he was suffering from alcoholism, depression and cancer.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnz2

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod delves into a period when Samuel Barber starts looking to old compositions as inspiration for new ones.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnw8

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod delves into a period when Samuel Barber starts looking to old compositions as inspiration for new ones.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnw8

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod explores a period in Barber’s life when he composed his iconic Piano Sonata.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnr7

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod explores a period in Barber’s life when he composed his iconic Piano Sonata.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnr7

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod explores Samuel Barber’s early beginnings as a composer during the 1930s.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnr6

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- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Donald Macleod explores Samuel Barber’s early beginnings as a composer during the 1930s.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nnr6

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod traces Nigerian art music across generations, from Akpabot to Nkeiru Okoye, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y6c8

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod traces Nigerian art music across generations, from Akpabot to Nkeiru Okoye, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y6c8

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores Akin Euba’s music and ideas, including African pianism, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y6dx

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores Akin Euba’s music and ideas, including African pianism, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y6dx

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores Ayo Bankole’s career, from Lagos to London and beyond, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y68v

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores Ayo Bankole’s career, from Lagos to London and beyond, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y68v

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores Fela Sowande’s early years, from Lagos choir training to life in 1930s London, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y6hf

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores Fela Sowande’s early years, from Lagos choir training to life in 1930s London, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y6hf

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores the roots of Nigerian art music, from traditional tunes to missionary-led churches, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y62m

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- Fela Sowande and the Art Music of Nigeria

Donald Macleod explores the roots of Nigerian art music, from traditional tunes to missionary-led churches, with Alexander Douglas.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y62m

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod explores the final years in the life of Leonard Bernstein, when his behaviour became more erratic, but he also became more active in his work for charitable causes.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y0sc

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod explores the final years in the life of Leonard Bernstein, when his behaviour became more erratic, but he also became more active in his work for charitable causes.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y0sc

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod explores as cracks appear in the Bernstein’s personal life, and Leonard has his first flop with the musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y2t3

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod explores as cracks appear in the Bernstein’s personal life, and Leonard has his first flop with the musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y2t3

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod finds Bernstein beginning married life as he flirts with Hollywood and hits the heights of his fame in America.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y0c3

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod finds Bernstein beginning married life as he flirts with Hollywood and hits the heights of his fame in America.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y0c3

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein’s meteoric rise to fame as a conductor and a composer as America goes to war.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y2qz

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- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein’s meteoric rise to fame as a conductor and a composer as America goes to war.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y2qz

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald explores the theories around Purcell’s death at the age of just 36, and examines the various tributes made to the composer after his passing.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024xty

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald explores the theories around Purcell’s death at the age of just 36, and examines the various tributes made to the composer after his passing.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024xty

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald Macleod explores the composer’s role in London’s newly re-emergent theatre scene.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024xds

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald Macleod explores the composer’s role in London’s newly re-emergent theatre scene.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024xds

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald Macleod explores the changing role of Purcell within the royal household, and the music he wrote for the various monarchs who ruled during his lifetime.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024xc1

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald Macleod explores the changing role of Purcell within the royal household, and the music he wrote for the various monarchs who ruled during his lifetime.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024xc1

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald takes a tour of the churches of Purcell’s London, and explores the impact on them of the English Civil War and the Great Fire of London.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x9k

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald takes a tour of the churches of Purcell’s London, and explores the impact on them of the English Civil War and the Great Fire of London.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x9k

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell’s childhood in London – at the time a city in turmoil – and Purcell’s youth as a chorister in the Chapel Royal.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x76

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- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell’s childhood in London – at the time a city in turmoil – and Purcell’s youth as a chorister in the Chapel Royal.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x76

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- Anonymous

Donald Macleod examines the idea that Anonymous music can represent something preserved rather than someone forgotten. With guest contributors Fay Hield and Lisa Colton.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x53y

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- Anonymous

Donald Macleod presents another selection of anonymous music and asks: when a work’s creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x68q

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- Anonymous

Donald Macleod presents musical works ascribed to named composers whose true authors have been hidden, confused, and even deliberately obscured.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x4ql

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- Anonymous

Donald Macleod explores how the label ‘Anonymous’ can be used to bring together disparate creators and give their works a shared identity. With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x4dn

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- Anonymous

Donald Macleod begins a week of programmes celebrating pieces whose authorship has been lost, deliberately obscured, or never recorded in the first place.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x4nv

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- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Kate Molleson explores Monteverdi’s later years, from plague and loss to the emergence of public opera in Venice

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7tg

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- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Kate Molleson explores Monteverdi’s move to Venice, where a prestigious post brings new opportunities alongside upheaval and personal strain.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7tb

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- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Kate Molleson explores Monteverdi’s breakthrough opera L’Orfeo and the personal and professional pressures surrounding its creation.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7t8

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- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Kate Molleson explores Monteverdi’s move to Mantua, where his madrigals grow bolder and his ideas challenge musical convention.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7td

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- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Kate Molleson explores Monteverdi’s beginnings in Cremona, with early publications and musical training.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7t5

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- Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)

Donald Macleod with biographer Paul Spicer journey into the final decades for Sir Arthur Bliss, including an Indian Summer of creativity.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wwdw

Friday's #composeroftheWeek has alawys hit differently for me:

In a previous job, I used to treat myself to a McDonalds on a Friday. I'd sit in the Car Park and put on #radio3 , eating my McFlurry and it was always

with his health rapidly failing

facing increasing challenges

the composer took ill

despite the efforts of doctors

and so on. I didn't often catch the programme during the rest of the week, so it was more of a weekly "Death of a Composer" program.

I'm led to believe composers are also sometimes young, healthy and in their prime.