Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Donald Macleod discusses the music of Hector Berlioz with celebrated conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner explore the music of Hector Berlioz, focusing on the Messe solennelle, which Berlioz composed aged 21.
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Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner explore two of Berlioz's symphonies - Harold in Italy and Romeo and Juliet. But are they really symphonies?
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Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner explore Berlioz the song writer and discover that Berlioz the song writer is really just another aspect of Berlioz the dramatist.
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Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner explore the poetic vein of death and melancholy running through Berlioz's output.
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Composer of the Week - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod and John Eliot Gardiner focus on what many consider to be the summit of Berlioz's achievement - his gargantuan opera Les Troyens.
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