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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: Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Composer of the Week: Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936): Episode 2: Love and War

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

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Episode 2: Love and War

Love and War

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936), Love and War

Donald Macleod follows Respighi through the Great War and his early years of marriage.

Donald Macleod follows Respighi through the First World War and his early years of marriage. Includes his delightful 'Boutique Fantasque', based on the music of Rossini.

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) remains one of the most popular - and controversial - Italian composers of the 20th century: a man caught in time between the high Romantic drama of his predecessors Verdi and Puccini, and the Futurism and avant-garde musical experiments of his later compatriots Dallapiccola, Berio and Scelsi.
Respighi chose a different route - his work often infused with the music of a halcyon past. Many of Respighi's work look back to the Italian Baroque - some even to Gregorian chant. Yet they remain charmingly, distinctively blended with his own 20th-century musical language. This week Donald Macleod - like Respighi - takes a path less trodden as he presents a series of lesser-known masterpieces from the pen of this Italian master.

Today, Donald explores Respighi's dark days during the First World War, and the influence of his new wife, Elsa. Including music from his delightful "Boutique Fantasque", based on the music of Rossini.


Ancient Airs And Dances Suite no.1: II. Gagliarda
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Deita Silvane
Robert Tear, tenor
Argo Chamber Orchestra
László Heltay, conductor

La Boutique Fantasque (excerpt)
Orchestra Symphonique De Montreal
Charles Dutoit, conductor

Three Preludes On Gregorian Themes, for piano 
Sonya Hanke, piano

Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.2: I. "Laura Soave". Balletto con Gagliardo, Saltarello e Canario
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor.

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Donald Macleod on the life and work of Italian violinist and composer, Ottorino Respighi.

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