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Composers of the Week:The Court of Louis XIV

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1/5. France's Sun King surrounded himself with music and enlisted a vast army of musicians to adorn the most magnificent court in late 17th-century Europe. Presented by Donald Macleod. De Lalande Prélude avec les Trompettes; Sixth Suite: Airs du Ballet de Flore ou de Trianon (Sinfonies pour les Soupers du Roi) La Simphonie du Marais, conductor Hugo Reyne
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Suite in G minor Carole Cerasi (harpsichord) Lully Ballet Royal de Flore (excerpts)
La Simphonie du Marais, conductor Hugo Reyne Visee Pièces in D minor
Rafael Andia (Baroque guitar)
Producer Sian M Grace Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Hugo Reyne
Conductor:
Elisabeth Jacquet
Harpsichord:
Carole Cerasi
Unknown:
Rafael Andia
Producer:
Sian M Grace
Source: Radio Times

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