Composer of the Week: Lully

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Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687): 2. Lully and the Sun King

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Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

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Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Lully and his chief patron, Louis XIV.

Donald Macleod explores how Lully came to work for his chief patron, King Louis XIV, the dynamics of the relationship between the two men and the advantages this afforded to Lully.

Donald Macleod explores the relationship between Lully and his chief patron, King Louis XIV.

Jean-Baptiste Lully was the most influential French composer of the 17th century, a key figure in the court of Louis XIV. This week, Donald Macleod explores how Lully rose from humble origins in Italy to become the most powerful musician in France, a story of lies, ambition and intrigue.

Today, Donald explores how Lully came to work for France's monarch, Louis XIV, the Sun King. Lully’s own rise to fame in many ways mirrors Louis’s own rise to power, and Donald explores the dynamics of the relationship between the two men, and the advantages this afforded to Lully.


Atys, LWV 53, Overture
Capriccio Basel Baroque Orchestra

Anon
Les Nuits Ballet: Ouverture
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé (conductor)

Ballet royal de Flore, LWV 40 (excerpt)
La Simphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne (conductor)

Ballet royal des amours déguisés, LWV 21 (Air “Ah! Rinaldo, e dove sei?”)
Ambroisine Bré (mezzo soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)

L’amour malade, LWV 8
Mary Enid Haines (soprano)
Sharla Nafziger (soprano)
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon (conductor)

Jubilate Deo - Motet de la paix, LWV 77/16
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)

Alcidiane, LWV 9,  Ouverture
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

Composer of the Week: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

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Donald Macleod explores how Lully rose to become the most powerful musician in France.

Donald Macleod explores how Lully rose from humble origins in Italy to become the most powerful musician in France. A story of lies, ambition and intrigue.

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