First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod on how a chance meeting with writer and diplomat Paul Claudel resulted in a fruitful collaboration. It led to works influenced by the sights and sounds of Brazil. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on Darius Milhaud's activities during the Second World War. He emigrated to America, took up a teaching post and wrote 12 symphonies. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod considers the effect Darius Milhaud's self-avowed happy life had on his music. Including La muse menagere (excerpts), Stanford Serenade and Kentuckiana. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod presents works reflecting Milhaud's relationship with the Provencale landscape and his Jewish roots, including his Suite Provencale and a song from Poemes juifs. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod considers what being part of seemingly disparate artistic group Les Six meant to Darius Milhaud. Works include Catalogue des Fleurs and Le carnaval d'Aix. Show more
