First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on Tailleferre's early life, when she braved her father's stern opposition to studying music and made friends with future members of Les Six. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod follows Tailleferre's activities after leaving the prestigious Paris Conservatoire, including joining the group of composers who became known as 'Les Six'. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Tailleferre's life from the 1950s onwards, as she continued to write her trademark inventive music, including commissions from Radio France and an experiment with serialism. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on the war years, when Tailleferre was forced to leave occupied France and live in America. Returning to her country, her unhappy marriage drew to a close. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Tailleferre's activities during the 1930s, when she had success on the stage with a ballet, a commission from the great Diaghilev and worked on a surrealist fantasy by Jean Cocteau. Show more
