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Villa Lobos
Donald explores the music and life of Villa-Lobos with musicologist Manoel Correa do Lago
Butterworth
Donald Macleod explores the music of George Butterworth and four of his contemporaries
Brahms
Looking at the life and work of Johannes Brahms and some of his larger orchestral works
Mozart
Donald explores Mozart's relationship with his home city of Salzburg.
Bernard Stevens
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of neglected British composer Bernard Stevens
Stravinsky and the Symphony
Donald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life through his symphonies.
Johann Strauss I and II
Donald Macleod explores the lives of and music of Johann Strauss I and his son, Johann
Gershwin
Donald explores the colourful life and music of George Gershwin, a pianist and composer.
Clara Schumann and Her Circle
Clara Schumann and the extraordinary circle of composers and musicians she moved in
Satie
Satie the Onion: his surreal life viewed in reverse.