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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.

Composer of the Week: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Composer of the Week: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Episode 2

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

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Donald Macleod on the festive music Telemann wrote for a banquet in Hamburg.

Donald Macleod explores the festive music Telemann wrote for the annual banquet of the civic guard in Hamburg, where he settled and worked for much of his life.

After working his way around various cities in Germany, Telemann settled in Hamburg where he remained for the rest of his life. His music was in constant demand for all kinds of occasions. Donald Macleod introduces the festive music written for the annual banquet of the civic guard, and highlights from a work which started life as a comic interlude in a serious opera.

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 on the life and work of Telemann, the baroque era's most prolific composer.

Donald Macleod reviews the life and work of Telemann, most prolific composer of the baroque era, whose reputation, in his time, was even greater than that of his compatriot, Bach

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