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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: Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

Composer of the Week: Charles Gounod (1818-1893): Episode 4: Exile in England

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

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Episode 4: Exile in England

Exile in England

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Exile in England

Donald Macleod presents songs Gounod wrote during his time in exile in London.

Donald Macleod presents songs Gounod wrote during his time in London and a new oratorio written to celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Hall.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Gounod decided to seek refuge in London where he met the formidable soprano Georgina Weldon. They soon forged a firm, if rather unusual, friendship which Gounod would bitterly regret in the years to come. Donald Macleod introduces a selection of songs Gounod wrote during his time in London and a new oratorio written to celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Hall.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Charles Gounod

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Charles Gounod, known today for little other than the song Ave Maria and the hugely popular opera Faust, yet an important French composer

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