First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores how William Walton became known in London as the most precocious British composer of the 1920s after befriending the Sitwell siblings. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores Walton's most difficult years as a composer, which were tempered, however, by a blissful self-imposed exile on the island of Ischia, near Naples. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod discovers how William Walton went from being an enfant terrible to establishing himself as the pre-eminent British composer of the 1930s. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod surveys Walton's legacy and plays music from his final years. By that time, he was seen as a pillar of the musical establishment. Show more
