First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod charts Campra's progress in Paris, from master of music at Notre Dame to his becoming a composer of opera. Includes Tancrede (excerpt). Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod discusses Campra's career as a stage composer. Music includes Idomenee (excerpts), Les fetes venitiennes and La dispute de l'amour et de l'hymen. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod focuses on Campra's provincial training, first as a choirboy and later as a music master at the Cathedral of St Etienne in Toulouse. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod considers the impact the succession of Louis XV had on Campra. Music includes Notus in Judea, which was dedicated to the king. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod and William Christie discuss Campra's later years. Including a setting of the composer's Psalm 19, Exaudiat te Dominus, Enee et Didon and part of Requiem. Show more
