First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still remarries and is embraced by the American musical establishment. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still’s uphill struggle to establish himself as a composer of opera. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still’s early years, including his transformative studies with Edgard Varese. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, Still writes his ‘Afro-American’ Symphony and is given a Guggenheim Fellowship. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of African-American composer William Grant Still. Today, an unhappy brush with Hollywood, and Still’s Fourth Symphony, ‘Autochthonous'. Show more