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Composer of the Week: Muzio Clementi

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1752-1832)
David Byers explores the stylistic range of the composer who was bought in Rome as a 14-year-old boy by a wealthy English traveller and became known as the "father of the pianoforte" in his own lifetime. Malcolm Binns talks about Clementi's style and technique. Reader Anthony Finigan.
Gradus ad Pamassum (Bk 3, selection) Michele Campanella (piano)
Symphony in B flat, Op 18 No 1 London Mozart Players, conductor Matthias Bamert
Piano Sonata in G minor, Op 50 No 3 (Didone Abbandonata) Stefan Irmer Producer David Byers
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
David Byers
Talks:
Malcolm Binns
Reader:
Anthony Finigan.
Piano:
Michele Campanella
Conductor:
Matthias Bamert
Unknown:
Stefan Irmer
Producer:
David Byers
Source: Radio Times

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