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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.

Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

Composer of the Week: Francois Couperin (1668-1733): Episode 2: The Art of Playing the Harpsichord

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Episode 2: The Art of Playing the Harpsichord

The Art of Playing the Harpsichord

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Donald Macleod explores Couperin's famous instruction manual L'art de toucher le clavecin.

Donald Macleod explores Couperin's famous instruction manual L'art de toucher le clavecin, with Olivier Baumont playing excerpts on the harpsichord.

Donald Macleod returns to Hatchlands Park in Surrey, the home of the Cobbe Collection of Keyboard Instruments. Today he takes a look at François Couperin's duties at the court of Louis XIVth, and explores the joys of his famous instruction manual L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin with Olivier Baumont playing examples on an original seventeenth century harpsichord.

Composer of the Week: Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

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Donald Macleod and Olivier Baumont explore the life and work of Francois Couperin

Donald Macleod with biographer and musician Olivier Baumont explore the life and work of Francois Couperin. With music performed by Olivier on an original Ruckers harpsichord at the Cobbe Collection

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