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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Music at Versailles

Composer of the Week: Music at Versailles: Episode 5

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Music at Versailles

Episode 5

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Music at Versailles, Episode 5

Donald Macleod visits the mansion which Louis XVI gave to his wife Marie-Antoinette.

Donald Macleod visits the mansion which Louis XVI gave to his wife Marie-Antoinette, who was a keen musician and performed in stage productions with her closest friends.

Across the park at the Palace of Versailles is the mansion which Louis XVI gave his wife Marie-Antoinette. A keen musician, she had a tiny theatre built there and took great pleasure in performing in stage productions with her inner circle of friends. With Hervé Niquet and Olivier Baumont.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles

Donald Macleod explores the music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles before the French Revolution in 1789

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