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Frank Martin was born in Geneva in September 1890, and died in Holland in 1974. He was very much a modern European and a resolutely individual composer, independent of the musical ideologies and schools of the past century. Donald Macleod visits his home in Naarden, Holland, now a museum to his life and work, and meets his widow Maria Martin to discuss her late husband鈥檚 work.

Donald Macleod then turns his attention to the music Frank Martin wrote in the 1930s, a decade during which he really hit his stride as a composer. He features one of his greatest works Le vin herb茅.

Then Macleod explores the music Frank Martin wrote during World War II. He discusses the very different soundscapes of Der Cornet and In Terra Pax. The former paints a bleak portrait of life as a soldier, the latter a joyous celebration of the end of the war.

During the years immediately following World War II, life changed dramatically for Frank Martin. He met his wife Maria and moved to Holland where he would live for the rest of his life. His music flourished in this new environment, as commissions came from the great Swiss conductor Paul Sacher and there were collaborations with great musicians such as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Finally, Donald Macleod discusses the concluding chapter in Frank Martin's life, when he largely wrote sacred compositions, as well as works for some of his lifelong friends.

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