Composer of the Week

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

The Reluctant Priest

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 23^rd Jul 2019, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Tue 8^th Jun 2021, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3

As an ordained priest who didn’t say Mass, many questions have been asked about Vivaldi’s piety. In today’s programme, Donald Macleod examines the depth of Vivaldi’s faith. Show more

Composer of the Week

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Vivaldi’s Muses

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Jul 2019, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Wed 9^th Jun 2021, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the muses who inspired Vivaldi throughout his life and the accusations of impropriety levelled against him. Show more

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Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

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Composer of the Week

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Portraits of a Man, Pictures of a City

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 22^nd Jul 2019, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Mon 7^th Jun 2021, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3

Antonio Vivaldi is intrinsically linked with the city of his birth - Venice. Donald Macleod explores this association through a series of images of the composer and La Serenissima. Show more

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Composer of the Week: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

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Composer of the Week

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

A Fall from Dizzy Heights

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 25^th Jul 2019, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: Thu 10^th Jun 2021, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod explores the peak of Vivaldi’s fame - commissions from the great and the good, and knighted by an emperor - and his rapid fall from grace to poverty and anonymity. Show more