Composer of the Week - Gioachino Rossini
Donald Macleod introduces the life and music of the Italian composer who wrote 39 operas, as well as sacred and chamber music. His best known works include Il barbiere di Siviglia and Guillaume Tell
Composer of the Week - Gioachino Rossini - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores Rossini's forgotten operatic masterpieces, including Il Signor Bruschino.
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Composer of the Week - Gioachino Rossini - Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores Rossini's experiences in Naples and Vienna and the programme includes excerpts from his tragic masterpiece Ermione.
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Composer of the Week - Gioachino Rossini - Episode 3
Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Rossini's lesser-known operatic gems, with the composer's romantic melodrama La donna del lago.
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Composer of the Week - Gioachino Rossini - Episode 4
Donald Macleod talks us through Rossini's two-act melodrama Bianca e Falliero, the final production of one of his busiest ever years, 1819.
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Composer of the Week - Gioachino Rossini - Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores the year of 1821 when Rossini wrote The Barber of Seville, and his tragi-comedy Matilde di Shabran.
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