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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: Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Composer of the Week: Gabriel Faure (1845-1924): Episode 5: Fauré: Passions Within

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

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Episode 5: Fauré: Passions Within

Fauré: Passions Within

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Fauré: Passions Within

Donald Macleod discusses Faure's visit to a village fete in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Donald Macleod is joined by Jessica Duchen to find out how Faure found himself among the practitioners of palmistry and ventriloquism at a village fete in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The organisers of a village fête in the Vale of Glamorgan strike lucky with a star guest organist, none other than Fauré himself. Donald Macleod is joined by the composer's English biographer, Jessica Duchen, to find out how the Frenchman found himself amongst the practitioners of palmistry and ventriloquism at this quaintly British extravaganza.

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 charts the life and work of Gabriel Faure, with biographer Jessica Duchen

Donald Macleod charts the life and work of Gabriel Faure. He's joined by the composer's biographer Jessica Duchen, pianist Billy Eidi, and the leading authority on Faure's music, Jean-Michel Nectoux

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