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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Francesco Cavalli

Composer of the Week: Francesco Cavalli: Episode 5: The Requiem

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Francesco Cavalli

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Requiem

The Requiem

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Francesco Cavalli, The Requiem

Donald Macleod explores Cavalli's last sacred work: the requiem he wrote for his funeral.

Donald Macleod explores Cavalli's last sacred work, the requiem he composed for his own funeral, and his highly detailed will.

Cavalli - The Requiem. In this final episode of Composer of the Week featuring the life and works of Francesco Cavalli, we hear the composer's last sacred work, the requiem he composed for his own funeral. Donald Macleod describes Cavalli's highly detailed will, which not only provides precise requirements for the composer's annual memorial service, but also for the distribution of his lucrative estate.

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 life and music of unsung baroque hero Francesco Cavalli

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of unsung baroque hero Francesco Cavalli, best known for composing more than 40 operas

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