Dukas and Allegri
Composers Paul Dukas and Gregorio Allegri are both remembered for just a single work. Together with guest Sarah Willis, Donald Macleod explores the reasons for this phenomenon.
Donald Macleod explores two more of the greatest 鈥渙ne-hit wonders鈥� in classical music.
Composers Paul Dukas and Gregorio Allegri are both remembered for just a single work. Together with guest Sarah Willis, Donald Macleod explores the reasons for this phenomenon.
Classical music is littered with composers who are famous for just a single piece of music. In a special week of Composer of the Week programmes, Donald Macleod is joined by Berlin Philharmonic horn player Sarah Willis to explore ten of these composers and examine episodes from their lives, alongside their compositions 鈥� both their popular hits and some of their less familiar music. They also try to isolate why certain works have captured the popular imagination of audiences around the world.
Paul Dukas and Gregorio Allegri are composers with very little in common, separated by nearly three centuries. However they are both largely remembered for just one of their works. In Tuesday鈥檚 programme, Donald and Sarah explore their lives and the stories behind their single hits.
Dukas: La Peri Fanfare
Ulster Orchestra
Jan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor
Dukas: L鈥檃pprenti sorcier
Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al
Kent Nagano, Conductor
Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleu, Act III: Adieu
Marilyn Schmiege, Mezzo-Soprano (Ariane)
Cynthia Buchan, Mezzo-Soprano Cynthia Buchan (Selysette)
Mitsuko Shirai, Soprano (Melisande)
Francine Laurent, Soprano (Bellangere)
WDR Sinfonieorchester K枚ln
Gary Bertini, Conductor
Allegri: Canzone Scamfortina
Musica Flexanima
Fabrizio Bigotti, Conductor
Allegri: Missa 鈥楥he fa oggi il mio sole鈥�: Agnus Dei
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, Conductor
Allegri: Miserere
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, Conductor
Produced by Sam Phillips, for 蜜芽传媒 Wales
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- Tue 19 Apr 2022 12:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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