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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: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Composer of the Week: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Episode 2: Church and Theatre

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

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Episode 2: Church and Theatre

Church and Theatre

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Church and Theatre

A son rebels, a piece of musical theatre is commissioned and a deadly plague hits Venice.

Donald Macleod plays Monteverdi's dramatic music theatre piece, Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and describes how a plague wiped out one third of the population of Venice.

This week Donald Macleod examines the life and work of Monteverdi during the years he was the Director of Music at St Mark's in Venice. Today we hear how Monteverdi's son Francesco gave up his legal studies and takes up singing, despite his father's wishes that he should pursue a more lucrative career.
Donald plays some of the more substantial pieces from Monteverdi's early Venice years, including the dramatic music theatre piece, Il combattimento de Tancredi e Clorinda. Plus, we hear how troop movements between Mantua and Venice brought plague to Venice, wiping out 50,000 people ? one third of the population. Monteverdi composed his magnificent Gloria as part of the Mass of Thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague, celebrated at St Marks in 1631.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Claudio Monteverdi

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