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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 5: The Man - Fact or Fiction?

Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Man - Fact or Fiction?

The Man - Fact or Fiction?

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764), The Man - Fact or Fiction?

Donald Macleod reveals some of the scurrilous comments about Locatelli's private life.

Donald Macleod reveals more about Locatelli's broad range of interests and focuses on some of the scurrilous comments about his private life which appeared after his death.

After Locatelli's death, the catalogue of the sale of his belongings revealed that he evidently made a comfortable living and his very extensive library and impressive collection of portraits, scientific and musical instruments gives an insight into his cultural life. Locatelli's interest in the classics may well have informed his decision to write the only piece of his that has a title, based on the mythological figure of Ariadne. Donald Macleod introduces this atmospheric work together with the final concerto from Locatelli's collection 'L'arte del violino' which contains one of his infamous caprices and earned the concerto its nickname 'The Harmonic Labyrinth' - easy to enter, difficult to escape.

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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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