Composer of the Week

11 November 2009

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Mendelssohn came from a wealthy and cultured Jewish family. By the time he was nine, he was a good enough pianist to appear in public; at 10 he joined the Singakademie in Berlin; by the age of 12 he had composed several symphonies,... more >

Sergei Prokofiev (1891- 1953)

“I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes.” Prokofiev died on the same day as Stalin. Apart from the final years...

30 November 1999

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

Born Cheltenham, September 21, 1874; died London, May 25, 1934Think of Holst and you think of The Planets. Not much else springs to mind and, indeed, his output is comparatively slender - he was a slow starter and a slow worker - and few of his works were...

30 November 1999

Leos Janácek (1854-1928)

There are few composers of the 20th century whose operatic output has exercised such a strong grip on the repertoire, and whose music speaks with such directness to audiences nearly a century after its composition.

18 March 2009

Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

Is there another contemporary composer whose music is as accessible as it is rewarding, as entertaining as it is thought-provoking? Of course, he has his detractors because his writing is resolutely tonal and actually contains tunes - not fashionable at all....


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