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Composer of the Week Claudio Monteverdi

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1567-1643)
Simon Heighes explores the twin peaks of Monteverdi's career: the works written for the Gonzaga family at the north Italian court of Mantua, and the music composed during his 30-odd years as director of music at St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
1: Mantua. Working at the Gonzaga court in Mantua, Monteverdi was the last major composer of madrigals and the first important composer of opera. This programme includes madrigals from his fourth and fifth books, plus excerpts from his dramatic works, including Arianna, II Ballo delle
Ingrate and the mould-breaking Orfeo. Producer Michael Emery
Repeated next Monday 12 midnight

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Simon Heighes
Producer:
Michael Emery
Source: Radio Times

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