1/2. Lucie Skeaping examines the life and music of Dietrich Buxtehude , who died 300 years ago.
Buxtehude ranks as the leading composer in Germany between Heinrich Schutz and Johann Sebastian Bach , and many of his organ compositions were considered avant-garde in their day. In this first programme Lucie travels to Liibeck in order to find out more about the composer's life, and visits places associated with him, including the Marienkirche where he was appointed organist in1668. Producer Rebecca Bean