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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: Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 - 1612)

Composer of the Week: Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 - 1612): Episode 1: The Boy and the Uncle

Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 - 1612)

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Episode 1: The Boy and the Uncle

The Boy and the Uncle

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 - 1612), The Boy and the Uncle

Donald Macleod looks at the life of Giovanni Gabrieli and the debt he owed to his uncle.

Giovanni Gabrieli was deeply indebted to his uncle Andrea for his musical education and welfare. Donald Macleod looks at the life of the celebrated Venetian composer.

The son of a Venetian linen weaver, Giovanni Gabrieli took his surname not from his father but from his uncle, the composer Andrea Gabrieli. Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of the celebrated Venetian organist and composer, focusing today on his relationship to his illustrious namesake.. 

In nobil sangue/ Amor se in lei 
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley, director


Alma cortes 
European Chamber choir
Nicol Matt, director

Lieto Godea Sedendo 
The King's Consort
Robert King, director

Fuga del Nono Tono 
Canzon Xii T a 10 a due organi 
Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini
Liuwe Tamminga


Angelus ad Pastores 
O Magnum Mysterium 
The Monteverdi Choir
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor


Deus qui Beatum Marcum 
Canzona [9] a 10 
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul Macreesh, conductor

Toccata primi toni 
Magnificat a 33 
Benedictus Dominus a 8 
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata Köln
Roland Wilson, director.

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.

Radio 3's Composer of the Week series focussing on the lives and works of famous musicians

Part of Radio 3's Composer of the Week series focussing on the lives and works of famous musicians throughout history.

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Episode 1: The Boy and the Uncle

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