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Composer of the Week: Muzio Clementi(1752-1832)

BBC Radio 3
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1/5. At the age of 15, Clementi was bought from his father in Rome by Peter Beckford and brought to England, which became his base for the rest of his long and busy life. Donald Macleod recounts his story.
Piano Sonatina in C, Op 36 No 1 Daniel Blumenthal
Symphony No 3 in G (Great National Symphony) Philharmonia, conductor Claudio Scimone
Piano Sonata in D, Op 40 No 3 Pietro de Maria Producer Cath McGhee Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Beckford
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Daniel Blumenthal
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Source: Radio Times

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