Composer of the Week: Offenbach

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Prodigy and Upstart (1819-1848)

Prodigy and Upstart (1819-1848)

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

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Offenbach’s early life in Cologne and Paris, amidst Europe’s political turbulence.

Offenbach’s early life in Cologne and Paris, amidst 19th century Europe’s political turbulence.

Jacques Offenbach’s life throws a light on the political turbulence and identity within 19th century Europe. He struggled to break into the musical establishment of Paris, but he didn’t struggle with creating a dazzling array of work for the theatre. His 98 stage works established and defined what operetta was, paving the way for modern musical theatre. 

Today, Donald Macleod looks at Offenbach’s early life in Cologne, before his move to Paris, where he was initially taught by the aged Luigi Cherubini.

Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act III: Barcarolle (arr. A. Sedlar for violin, cello, piano and string ensemble)		
Nemanja Radulović,violin
Camille Thomas, cello
Ensemble Double Sens

Grand Concerto in G Major for cello and orchestra, Concerto Militaire (I. Allegro maestoso)	                                                        
Edgar Moreau, cello
Les Forces Majeures
Raphaël Merlin, conductor

Les fleurs d’hiver				
Marco Sollini, piano

Musette, Op 24	
Edgar Moreau, cello
Les Forces Majeures
Raphaël Merlin, conductor

Pepito
Overture
Armes Herz
Ich bin ein Held in jerem Fache
Sind die jungen Madchen hier alle?
Auf seine Knie sank er darnieder
Hessen Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Schröder, conductor

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Composer of the Week: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

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Donald Macleod looks at some of Offenbach's many works for the stage.

Donald Macleod looks at some of Offenbach's many works for the stage, which defined operetta and paved the way for modern musical theatre.

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