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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: Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)

Composer of the Week: Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764): Episode 4: The Virtuoso Violinist

Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Virtuoso Violinist

The Virtuoso Violinist

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764), The Virtuoso Violinist

Donald Macleod on Locatelli the violinist seen through the eyes of his contemporaries.

Donald Macleod considers Locatelli the violinist seen through the eyes of his contemporaries and also the conflicting attitudes in England and France to his music.

Locatelli seems to have made a comfortable living in Amsterdam, not just from the sale of his music but also from teaching and from selling strings and bows imported from Italy. He continued to perform, as witnessed by a young English gentleman and his tutor who provided vivid accounts of Locatelli's virtuosity. There were conflicting attitudes to Locatelli's music; in England it was rather mixed, whereas in France they welcomed his innovative style of writing. Donald Macleod introduces another of Locatelli's flute sonatas that proved so popular amongst amateur musicians across Europe and one of the violin sonatas which best demonstrates the technical wizardry for which he became renowned.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Italian baroque composer Pietro Locatelli

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Pietro Locatelli. He became famous for his innovative, virtuosic playing which informed his music and challenged views of the violin's capabilities

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