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Composer of the Week

Long-running series taking a composer as its subject for one or more programmes and exploring their life and work

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  1. 7 days left to listen
    3/5. Donald Macleod explores Purcell's early theatrical ventures with Bruce Wood.
  2. 6 days left to listen
    2/5. Donald Macleod follows Purcell's life into adulthood and marriage. With Bruce Wood.
  3. 6 days left to listen
    2/5. Donald Macleod follows Purcell's life into adulthood and marriage. With Bruce Wood.
  4. 5 days left to listen
    1/5. Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood explore the events of Purcell's early years.
  5. 5 days left to listen
    1/5. Donald Macleod and Purcell expert Bruce Wood explore the events of Purcell's early years.
  6. 2 days left to listen
    5/5. Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner focus on Berlioz's gargantuan opera Les Troyens.
  7. 2 days left to listen
    5/5. Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner focus on Berlioz's gargantuan opera Les Troyens.
  8. 1 day left to listen
    4/5. Donald Macleod explores the poetic vein of death and melancholy in Berlioz's output.
  9. 1 day left to listen
    4/5. Donald Macleod explores the poetic vein of death and melancholy in Berlioz's output.
  10. 36 minutes left to listen
    3/5. Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner explore Berlioz the song writer.

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