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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Golden Age of Hollywood

Composer of the Week: Golden Age of Hollywood: Episode 2: Tackling the Classics

Music: Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals

Golden Age of Hollywood

Episode 2

Episode 2: Tackling the Classics

Tackling the Classics

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Golden Age of Hollywood, Tackling the Classics

Donald Macleod on the fruits of Hollywood's interest in novels and historical adventures.

Donald Macleod focuses on the musical fruits of Hollywood's fascination with novels and historical adventures. With scores by Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman and Korngold.

As part of "Sound of Cinema", Donald Macleod explores the musical fruits of Hollywood's fascination with novels and historical adventures; with excerpts from Erich Korngold's soundtrack for "The Sea Hawk", a showcase for the swashbuckling talents of Errol Flynn, Alfred Newman's musical evocations of the Yorkshire moors in "Wuthering Heights" and medieval Paris in the 1939 film version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", plus Franz Waxman's haunting score for the gothic mystery "Rebecca". With guest John Wilson.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod and John Wilson explore the soundtrack of Hollywood's Golden Age

Donald Macleod explores the soundtrack of Hollywood's Golden Age, in the company of conductor and film music expert John Wilson

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