Composer of the Week

Dianne James explores the life and work of Ignaz Joseph Pleyel Read more Audio

Amelia Nurse finds out about the use of traditional Maori instruments. Read more Video, Audio

With Robert Johnson. Read more Audio

Clarissa Dunn explores life in the French courts of The Sun King and The Beloved. Read more Audio

Murray Khouri introduces this composer with a life-long love for ballet. Read more Audio

Thomas Goss looks at Prokofiev's return to Soviet Russia after a successful career in Paris. Read more Audio

Steve Danby explores the work of some of the lesser known winners of the prestigious Prix de Rome composition award. Read more Audio

Peter de Blois explores John Ireland’s personal life and musical world Read more Audio

Indra Hughes introduces the 17th century German composer. Read more Audio

Peter Hoar introduces the 18th century Italian composer Luigi Boccherini Read more Audio

Matthew Crawford explores the work of this prolific American composer, born in 1937. Read more Audio

Themes of freedom, beauty, sadness and spiritualism run through Vasks’s often understated work. Peteris Vasks (b 1946), presented by Robyn Jaquiery. Read more Audio