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Composer of the Week: Boccherini

BBC Radio 3
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5/5. Boccherini's final years were full of misfortune. Donald Macleod tries to uncover why his music, which was internationally popular during his lifetime and is still considered inventive and original, is so little heard today. Stabat Mater
Agnes Mellon (soprano), Ensemble 415
Guitar Quintet No 9 in C, G453 (La Ritrata di Madrid) Pepe Romero (guitar), Chamber
Ensemble of Academy of St Martin in the Fields Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Guitar:
Pepe Romero
Source: Radio Times

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