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Composer of the Week Charpentier

BBC Radio 3
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With Lucie Skeaping. 3: Lully the Bully
Charpentier's arch rival Lully operated a closed shop. Not content with being Louis XIV's court composer, he decided to spoil everyone else's chances by restricting the number of musicians in all productions other than his own to a mere skeleton staff. Much to Charpentier's annoyance, these mean measures severely dampened the success of La Malade Imaginaire, Moliere's last stage collaboration with the composer. Today's programme also includes the passionate sacred drama The Denial of St Peter and more from the opera Medee, with the enchantress at her malevolent best slaving over a toxic cauldron.

Source: Radio Times

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