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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)

Composer of the Week: Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816): Episode 3

Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)

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Donald Macleod introduces the opera destined to be Paisiello's biggest hit.

Donald Macleod focuses on a keyboard concerto dedicated to one of Paisiello's most prestigious pupils and the opera which became his biggest hit.

Paisiello didn't compose a great deal of instrumental music during his lifetime, but whilst in St Petersburg, he wrote a selection of keyboard music dedicated to two of his most prestigious pupils. Donald Macleod introduces the gracious Harpsichord Concerto in C major and the opera which was destined to become Paisiello's biggest hit, 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Giovanni Paisiello

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Giovanni Paisiello, the Italian composer whose comic operas were the toast of some of the greatest world leaders in their time

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