{"podcast":{"title":"Composer of the Week Podcast","slug":"composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560","podcast_index_feed_id":41560,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nrvd3.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrvd3","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0nh2t4b.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":664,"summary":"BBC Radio 3's Composer Of The Week is a guide to composers and their music. The podcast is compiled from the week's programmes and published on Friday. It is only available in the UK.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T04:20:39.782074+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560"},"episode":{"title":"A Georgian Christmas","slug":"a-georgian-christmas","published_at":"2025-12-26T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560/a-georgian-christmas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mns8zw","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mpqzc3.mp3","summary":"Donald Macleod visits the home of Jane Austen with historian Amanda Vickery to discover some of the seasonal customs and Christmas music of late-Georgian Britain. Music featured: Thomas Clark: While Shepherds Watched William Matthews: How beauteous are their feet Anon: The Holly and the Ivy Viotti: Violin Concerto No 13 in A Major Handel: Messiah Cimarosa: L'Olimpiade: Sinfonia Thomas Wilson: Wellington's Triumph Thomas Straight: Trip to Vauxhall, Sailor Laddie Weber (orch Berlioz): Aufforderung zum Tanz Trad (arr. Townsend): Arise and Hail the Joyful Day Trad.: Awake, and join the cheerful choir Attrib. Wade (arr. Vincent Novello): O come, all ye faithful Arr. Thomas Butts: Hark! how all the welkin rings Attwood: O God, Who by the Leading of a Star Mendelssohn: The Evening Bell Jarman: There were shepherds abiding John Wainwright: Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Pleyel: Symphony No.12 in E flat Kalmar Wesley: Rondo on God Rest You Merry Gentlemen Trad: The First Nowell Anon: Remember The Poor John Hill: The people that walked in darkness Richard Charke: Harlequin Restor'd John Frederick Lampe: The Dragon of Wantley, Overture Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Audio Wales & West For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for A Georgian Christmas: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026800 And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z","meta_description":"Donald Macleod visits the home of Jane Austen with historian Amanda Vickery to discover some of the seasonal customs and Christmas music of late-Georgian…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3743,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560/episodes/a-georgian-christmas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/composer-of-the-week-podcast-41560/a-georgian-christmas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}