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Cavalli: Venetian Musician

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Professor Denis Arnold places the composer in the context of music-making and composing in the Venice of his time, and considers Cavalli's debt to Monteverdi.

Musical illustrations by Hazel Holt (sop), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Schola Cantorum of Oxford, director Nicholas Cleobury, Catherine Mackintosh, Polly Waterfield (baroque violins), Mark Caudle (baroque cello), Nicholas Cleobury (organ and harpsichord), conducted by Denis Arnold

(Cavalli is one of This Week's Composers, weekdays 9.5 am)

Contributors

Presenter/Conductor:
Professor Denis Arnold
Soprano:
Hazel Holt
Counter-tenor:
Charles Brett
Tenor:
Martyn Hill
Bass_:
David Thomas
Director:
Nicholas Cleobury
Director:
Catherine Mackintosh
Director:
Polly Waterfield
Cello:
Nicholas Cleobury
Source: Radio Times

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