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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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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: Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli

Composer of the Week: Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli: Episode 4

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Episode 4

Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, Episode 4

Donald Macleod introduces music from a recreation of the feast of San Rocco in 1608.

Donald Macleod introduces music from a recreation of what the celebrations might have been like on the feast of San Rocco in 1608.

Next to St Mark's Basilica, the Scuola Grande of San Rocco played the most significant role in the promotion of music-making in Venice. Donald Macleod introduces music taken from a recreation of what the celebrations might have been like on the feast of San Rocco in 1608.

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 work of Andrea and nephew Giovanni Gabrieli

Donald Macleod explores the work of Andrea and nephew Giovanni Gabrieli, who presided over public music-making at a time when Venice was becoming one of the key centres of musical life in Europe

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