New series 1/3. An exploration of the changing sounds, styles and functions of music from the eve sounds, styles and functions of music from the eve of the French Revolution to the fall of Napoleon.
Presented by Alyn Shipton.
One Regime Falls. As the regime of Louis XVI falls from power, new songs are heard in the streets of Paris and on the battlefields of Europe. Opera composers find their arias adopted by both royalists and republicans, and there's a new spirit of participation in mass public musical events. With Antonia Fraser , Tim Blanning and Laura Mason. Producer Alan Hall