Composer of the Week - Charles Ives
Donald Macleod explores the work of the 20th century modernist American composer, whose work gained in significance after his death in 1954. Son of an army bandleader, he experimented with bitonality
Composer of the Week - Charles Ives - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores two of Ives's best-known works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark.
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Composer of the Week - Charles Ives - Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores how Ives's life and music were often closely intertwined. Including General William Booth Enters into Heaven.
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Composer of the Week - Charles Ives - Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores Ives's particular brand of patriotism. Including From Hanover Square North and New England Holidays.
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Composer of the Week - Charles Ives - Episode 4
With Donald Macleod. We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorne who was immortalised in Ives's Concord Sonata.
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Composer of the Week - Charles Ives - Episode 5
With Donald Macleod. Including the energetic Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos, the majestic Psalm 90 and the quirky Set for Theatre Orchestra.
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