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Composer of the Week

Women of the MacDowell Colony

Episode 1: A Place for the Arts

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod focuses on Marian MacDowell, who was instrumental in setting up the MacDowell artists' colony. Plus music by Wenhui Xie, Amy Beach and Marion Bauer. Show more

Composer of the Week

Women of the MacDowell Colony

Episode 2: Colony Hall

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores a musical response to the shadows and shapes of the MacDowell colony's woodlands. Plus music by Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger and Mary Howe. Show more

Composer of the Week

Women of the MacDowell Colony

Episode 3: Natural Forces

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod discusses the role of composers such as Amy Beach as artists rallied to rebuild the MacDowell Colony after a storm destroyed much of it in 1938. Show more

Composer of the Week

Women of the MacDowell Colony

Episode 4: A New Direction

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod discusses the life and work of composer Louise Talma, who had 43 residences at the MacDowell Colony. Plus the loss of Marian MacDowell as director there. Show more

Composer of the Week

Women of the MacDowell Colony

Episode 5: Crossing Boundaries

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the breadth of disciplines exhibited by the artists of the MacDowell Colony, introducing music by Meredith Monk, Errollyn Wallen and Charlotte Bray. Show more