Composer of the Week

Composer of the Week is a long-running biographical music programme produced by BBC Cymru Wales and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Originally This Week's Composer,[1] it was first broadcast on 2 August 1943 on the BBC Home Service, transferring to the BBC Third Programme in 1964 and changing title to Composer of the Week in 1988.[2] In terms of longevity, it is only surpassed by Desert Island Discs (first heard on 29 January 1942).[3]

The programme is broadcast daily from Monday to Friday, each week being a series of five programmes dedicated to a particular composer or a group of related composers. With the "great composers", weeks dedicated to them tend to focus on a particular aspect of their life or works.

The series has been written and presented by Donald Macleod since 1999.[4] Sometimes the programme is recorded on location with Macleod visiting composers such as Harrison Birtwistle at home.[5]

References
  1. Alphabetical list of all composers featured on ‘Composer of the Week’ (formerly "This Week’s Composer") since 2 August 1943, bbc.co.uk, URL accessed 11 September 2016
  2. Ben Lawrence, In praise of Composer of the Week, Daily Telegraph 2 August 2013
  3. Donald Macleod, Happy 70th birthday Composer of the Week, The Guardian 2 August 2013
  4. E Jane Dickson Composer of the Week host Donald Macleod: I'm one of the world's great bluffers, Radio Times 29 July 2013
  5. "Composer of the Week". BBC.


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