
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.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 644 | Founded | 18 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Music | |||

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This week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the often overlooked younger Haydn brother, Michael. From his early years in Vienna to his long tenure in Salzburg, Michael Haydn’s career was shaped by family ties, shifting patronage, and ecc... more
To celebrate the centenary of his birth, Kate Molleson explores the life and music of one of most influential figures in all of modern music – Luciano Berio. Berio’s music is lyrical and expressive, while never ignoring the most advanced techniques a... more
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waaa elsewhere folks, this is good stuff and there are reasons for broadcast rights.
There's nothing in English that IMO competes with this but it is intended for transmission and use in the UK. I think that explains a lot of the poor ratings.
Record Review is similarly restricted.
If you have access you can use the back catalogue to survey composers by eras or by nationality etc.
Hope they cover some of the less well known romantic piano folk eg Moscheles in a themed episode ...oh and salieri .
Or why some folk famous in their day have slipped from view.
Please fix this.
broken, sad, please fix! What wonderful series
Good account of the life and times of the composer, shame the music excerpts are so short, I guess you can find them elseewhere...
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