Episodes
| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 01 | 20091221 | Donald Macleod talks to John Rutter about the influence of his childhood on his music. |
| 2009 | 02 | 20091222 | Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of the world's most successful and popular living composers. John reveals his affection for his home town of Cambridge and its musical traditions, and discusses with Donald his attitude to religion alongside some of his many sacred choral works. John Rutter tells Donald Macleod about his affection for his home town of Cambridge. |
| 2009 | 03 | 20091223 | Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of the world's most successful and popular living composers. Music critics in Britain have often been diffident or openly hostile about Rutter's accessible style, but in the US he receives near universal praise and regard. Donald speaks to John about the musical love affair with America that has shaped so much of his career. Donald Macleod speaks to John Rutter about his musical love affair with America. |
| 2009 | 04 | 20091224 | Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of the world's most successful and popular living composers. For much of the 1980s, Rutter struggled to continue working under the shadow of long-term illness, yet it was during this period he composed one of his best loved and most regularly performed works. John discusses with Donald the genesis of his Requiem. John Rutter explains to Donald Macleod the genesis of his much-loved Requiem. |
| 2009 | 05 LAST | 20091225 | Donald Macleod is in conversation with John Rutter, one of the world's most successful and popular living composers. Despite a prolific and varied output, Rutter is still regarded by many simply as 'Mr Christmas'. Donald Macleod quizzes John on why he keeps coming back to Christmas carols, and what it is that gives his music such wide appeal. Including the premiere recording of Rutter's most recent carol. Donald Macleod asks John Rutter why he keeps coming back to Christmas carols. |