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Composer of the Week

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Episode 4: Fauré: Belated Rewards

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores how Faure finally attained the job he had always sought - the directorship of the Paris Conservatoire. There, he masterminded the institution's reinvention. Show more

Composer of the Week

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Episode 5: Fauré: Passions Within

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod is joined by Jessica Duchen to find out how Faure found himself among the practitioners of palmistry and ventriloquism at a village fete in the Vale of Glamorgan. Show more

Composer of the Week

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Episode 2: Fauré: Sacred Perfection

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod follows Faure's footsteps into the ever-controversial Parisian church of La Madeleine, inspiration for what would become his greatest masterpiece, the Requiem. Show more