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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 3: Rocco Music

Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 - 1612)

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Episode 3: Rocco Music

Rocco Music

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 - 1612), Rocco Music

Donald Macleod looks at the music Gabrieli composed for the Scuola di San Rocco.

Giovanni Gabrieli was organist for both Saint Mark's and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Donald Macleod turns his attention to the music Gabrieli wrote for the Scuola Grande.

As well as holding the post of organist at Saint Mark's in Venice, Giovanni Gabrieli also had another 'income stream' as organist for the nearby Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Donald Macleod looks at some of the composer's magnificent works for this extraordinary institution. 

Sonata (a 22)
Taverner Consort
Andrew Parrott, director

Cantate Domino a 8 
In ecclesiis a 14 
La Capella Ducale
Musica fiata Koln
Roland Wilson, director

Sonata con 3 violini 
Sonata xviii a 14 
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata Koln
Roland Wilson

In te Domine speravi 
Beata es virgo (a 6 instr) 
Exultavit cor meum 
Currende, Concerto Palatino
Erik Van Neve, director

Canzon in echo a 12 
Timor et tremor a 6 
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata Koln
Roland Wilson, director.

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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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