Composer of the Week

Rachel Hyde examines some of the less well-known music of Herbert Howells, showing clearly why it should be more widely heard. Read more Audio

Peter Hoar explores the music of Baroque composer, Pietro Locatelli. Read more Audio

Martin Lodge talks to Robbie Ellis, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Martin reflects on his influences and style, maintaining a freelance career, his research into New Zealand music, composing… Read more Audio

Vaughan Williams and the First World War. Presented by Charlotte Wilson. Read more Audio

Mark-Anthony Turnage is an English composer launched his career with some big brash works at the tail end of the Thatcher years. However, unlike many enfants terribles, his music has barely mellowed… Read more Audio

Peter Hoar discusses the life and work of this Soviet-era composer. Read more Audio

Tim Dodd introduces Sir John Tavener, the British composer whose music always strives to express the highest spiritual messages with the simplest of means. Read more Audio

John Ritchie in conversation with Philip Norman. Read more Audio

Robert Johnson introduces the piano and chamber music of Robert Schumann. Read more Audio

Chris Gendall introduces the work of Jonathan Harvey, a composer with a unique approach to music, spirituality and expression Read more Audio

Rebecca Blundell looks at the extraordinary life of this early composer, writer, abbess and visionary Read more Audio

Charlotte Wilson chats with the composer in celebration of his 70th birthday on 13 October 2014. Read more Audio