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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: Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

Composer of the Week: Francois Couperin (1668-1733): Episode 5: The Elusive M Couperin

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Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

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Episode 5: The Elusive M Couperin

The Elusive M Couperin

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Francois Couperin (1668-1733), The Elusive M Couperin

Donald Macleod dicusses Couperin's fourth book of harpsichord pieces.

Donald Macleod considers how Couperin's fourth book of harpsichord pieces reveals a different side to his character.

The melancholy which seems to have descended on François Couperin over the last twenty years of his life, is reflected in his brilliant fourth book of harpsichord pieces. Donald Macleod and Olivier Baumont, who plays three contrasting portraits of the musician, attempt to draw a picture of this elusive yet brilliant figure of the French baroque, with examples from Couperin's final publication, specially recorded on a 17th century harpsichord, part of the Cobbe Collection of keyboard instruments, at Hatchlands Park in Surrey.

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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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