Composer of the Week - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series
Composer of the Week - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He visits St Mark's Basilica, where he meets Justine Rapaccioli, vice maestro di capella.
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Composer of the Week - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He explores the music Monteverdi wrote for St Mark's Basilica and visits Venice's State Archive, a remarkable institution.
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Composer of the Week - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He explores Monteverdi's musical life beyond St Mark's and talks to David Bryant about the diversity of Venetian music-making.
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Composer of the Week - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He listens music associated with a single day, 21 November 1631, when Venice celebrated deliverance from the plague.
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Composer of the Week - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod visits Venice for this special series. He visits the sites of the world's first two public opera houses, where the composer's late operatic masterpieces premiered.
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