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Composer of the Week

Francesco Cavalli

Episode 3: An International Composer

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod considers Cavalli's period as a prolific and trendsetting composer of opera, popularising the emerging combination of aria and recitative as well as the lament. Show more

BBC Radio 3

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