Baroque Composers
Listen to programmes about some of the major composers of baroque music.
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Donald Macleod explores the music of Handel through five key 'years in the life'.
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Donald Macleod explores the music of Bach's final years in Leipzig
Johann Sebastian Bach
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Bach
Baroque Spring - Antonio Vivaldi
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Vivaldi
Baroque Spring - Henry Purcell
The life and music of arguably the greatest English Baroque composer, Henry Purcell
Baroque Spring - George Frideric Handel
Donald Macleod explores Handel's years spent in Italy with the help of Jonathan Keates
Johann Sebastian Bach
Donald Macleod looks at five decades of Bach's music, and evolving style.
Bach in Cothen
Donald Macleod explores Bach's six years in service at the court of Cothen.
Bach in Weimar
Bach's ten years spent working at the ducal court in Weimar.
George Frideric Handel
Donald Macleod and Suzanne Aspden on Handel the borrower of music.
George Frideric Handel
A survey of Handel's career, as documented by his first biographer.
George Frideric Handel - Musical Walks
Handel in London: Musical Walks. Donald Macleod explores Handel's London.
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Donald Macleod explores Henry Purcell's music for the theatre.
Henry Purcell
Donald Macleod and Bruce Wood explore Purcell's life and work.
Purcell's Contemporaries
Donald Macleod introduces the composers of Restoration England
Georg Philipp Telemann
The life and work of Telemann, the prolific, baroque composer.
Antonio Vivaldi
Donald Macleod explores Vivaldi's large and little-heard musical catalogue.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Antonio Vivaldi
