Composer of the Week

Chamber music in the later 18th century was composed with private performances in mind. Schubert's family was no exception. His first foray into the composition of string quartets grew directly out of… Read more Audio

Rachel Hyde explores Gershwin's life and music. Read more Audio

In this series David Morriss looks at the early music from an iconic city, Venice. He discusses composers including Adrian Willaert, Gioseffo Zarlino, the Gabrielis - Andrea and Giovanni, and of… Read more Audio

Evelyn Glennie talks about her quest to commission percussion repertoire from composers all over the world. Read more Audio

Charlotte Wilson explores the world of the master bandoneón player and composer who took tango from the South American pampas to concert halls around the world. Read more Audio

Matthew Crawford looks at the life and work of the man known as "the Dean of American Composers". Read more Audio

William Dart introduces the group of early 20th-Century French composers called 'Les Six', who were more different from each other than their grouping suggests. Read more Audio

Michael Stewart looks at Monteverdi, a composer at the vanguard of the Baroque era. Read more Audio

Peter Hoar introduces the early 20th-Century Russian composer of piano and orchestral music who developed an idiosyncratic and highly original harmonic language in the pursuit of communicating his… Read more Audio

Roger Smith looks at the career of this well-travelled composer who thrived off his musical work. Read more Audio

Kenneth Young looks at the life and work of this Danish composer, conductor and violinist. Read more Audio

Elric Hooper and Des Wilson guide us through the composing career of one of England's more unusual composers. Read more Audio