Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck
Donald Macleod explores the life of the 18th century German composer, who was Marie Antionette's music teacher. Famous for reforms in the field of opera, Orfeo ed Euridice is his most famous work
Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Episode 1
Including excerpts from Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Iphigenie en Aulide and Iphigenie en Tauride.
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Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Episode 2
Donald Macleod traces the young Gluck's journeys across Europe before he settled in Vienna to write his landmark opera Orfeo ed Euridice.
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Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Episode 3
Donald Macleod investigates Gluck's desire, laid out in his opera Alceste, to 'restrict music to its true function of serving poetry'.
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Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Episode 4
Donald Macleod looks at Gluck's decision in 1774 to apply his radical aesthetic ideals within the narrow traditions of French opera.
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Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Episode 5
Donald Macleod concludes his survey of Gluck's rollercoaster operatic career. Including excerpts from Alceste and Iphigenie en Tauride.
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