Composer of the Week

Dr Davinia Caddy explores the musical output of Modest Mussorgsky as a member of The Five, who continued the work of their forefather, Mikhail Glinka in establishing the characteristic sound of 19th… Read more Audio

Frances Moore takes a personal look at some of Brahms's most intimate music. Read more Audio

Robert Johnson profiles the Polish composer who defected to Britain in 1954. Read more Audio

Peter Hoar explores the work and life of Jean Philippe Rameau.

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Kenneth Young presents the life and work of this composer, best known for film work, who once said that the string quartet was the "most perfect of mediums". Read more Audio

Indra Hughes presents a selection of Buxtehude's vocal and chamber works. Read more Audio

Described as 'one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century' (Alex Ross, The New Yorker), John Luther Adams is a prominent voice in contemporary art music as well as issues concerning… Read more Audio

Samantha Owens explores the career of this little-known composer whose works are being championed by singer Cecilia Bartoli, musicologist Colin Timms and others. Read more Audio

Steve Danby escorts us into the toe-tapping world of Irving Berlin Read more Audio

Peter Walls looks at what was known of Bach in his lifetime. Read more Audio

Elizabeth Kerr talks to composer Annea Lockwood and provides some insight into her work. Read more Audio

Rachel Hyde presents an introduction to Edvard Grieg Read more Audio