Mel Bonis (1858-1937)

The learning years

Donald Macleod explores Mel Bonis's years of training at the Paris Conservatoire

• 59 mins

Mel Bonis (1858-1937)

An Affair of the Heart

Donald Macleod recounts how Mel Bonis came to find her musical training at an abrupt end

• 59 mins

Mel Bonis (1858-1937)

Heartache in war-time

Donald Macleod considers why the Great War was especially difficult for Mel Bonis

• 59 mins

Mel Bonis (1858-1937)

Reflections on a life

Donald Macloed explores Mel Bonis's preoccupations, musical and otherwise, in later life

• 59 mins

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Choleric

Donald Macleod explores the Danish composer through his temperaments, starting with anger.

• 59 mins

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Phlegmatic

Donald Macleod chills with a passionate composer, who had a very composed temperament.

• 59 mins

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Melancholic

Lots of love and a bit of sorrow... Nielsen meets his soulmate, and sheds a few tears.

• 59 mins

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Sanguine

Whatever the personal plot twists, Carl Nielsen was always full of life, as was his music.

• 59 mins

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)

Inextinguishable

Join the party! Sixty candles for a now acclaimed and yet unstoppable composer.

• 59 mins

Mozart's Last Years

1787 - Highs and Lows

Donald Macleod follows Mozart through 1787, a year of extremes, from glory to grief.

• 59 mins

Mozart's Last Years

1788 - Empty Pockets

Donald Macleod joins Mozart as he tries to charm his way out of serious financial trouble.

• 59 mins

Mozart's Last Years

1789 - Travels and Tribulations

Donald Macleod follows Mozart on an eventful PR exercise, hitching a ride with a prince.

• 59 mins

Mozart's Last Years

1790 - Royally Rejected

Donald Macleod journeys through Mozart’s frustrating and fruitless penultimate year.

• 59 mins

Mozart's Last Years

1791 - The Final Bars

Donald Macleod tells the story of the months leading up to Mozart’s swansong, his Requiem.

• 59 mins

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Merelli’s La Scala

Donald Macleod explores Verdi’s relationship with Milan’s famous opera house – La Scala.

• 59 mins

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Success

Donald Macleod sees Verdi thriving as he enjoys operatic success at La Scala, Milan.

• 59 mins

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Addio

Things go badly wrong between Verdi and Milan. Presented by Donald Macleod.

• 59 mins

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Verdi the outsider, Verdi the legend

Verdi returns to Milan in a late blaze of glory. Presented by Donald Macleod.

• 59 mins

Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)

Music Runs in the Family

A young Elisabeth Jacquet makes an impression on the Sun King.

• 59 mins

Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)

Dancing King and Keyboard Queen

Jacquet joins the court in Versailles and the circle of the most powerful woman in France.

• 59 mins