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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: Sound of Cinema: British Film Music

Composer of the Week: Sound of Cinema: British Film Music: Episode 2: The 1940s: Alwyn, Easdale and Vaughan Williams

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The 1940s: Alwyn, Easdale and Vaughan Williams

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Episode 2: The 1940s: Alwyn, Easdale and Vaughan Williams

Sound of Cinema: British Film Music

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Sound of Cinema: British Film Music, The 1940s: Alwyn, Easdale and Vaughan Williams

Donald Macleod explores the legacy of prolific film composer William Alwyn.

Donald Macleod explores the legacy of one of the most prolific film composers of the mid-20th century: William Alwyn. Plus works by Brian Easdale and Vaughan Williams.

Donald Macleod is joined in the studio by film music expert David Huckvale to explore the legacy of one of the most prolific film composers of the mid-20th century: William Alwyn, who juggled writing over a hundred film scores with a distinguished career in the concert hall.

The pair introduce an excerpt from Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia Antarctica - drawn from his music to the 1948 film Scott Of The Antarctic - plus a famous lollipop, Charles Williams's The Dream of Olwen, performed fabulously by Liberace...

And there's a rare chance to hear from the first score ever to win an Oscar for Best Original Score - written not by Vaughan Williams, Bliss, Walton or Alwyn - but by the "lost hero" of British film music, Brian Easdale; a man seemingly written out of British musical history.

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 writer and film music expert John Huckvale explore British film music

Donald Macleod is joined by writer and film music expert John Huckvale to explore British film music. Covering over eight decades, their focus embraces Ealing comedy, Hammer horror, jazz and  rock

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