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Orlando di Lasso: A Composer's Life in the Renaissance (MULTISUB)
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A History of the Organ | Latin Origins (Episode 1)
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A History of the Organ | From Sweelinck to Bach (Episode 2)
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A History of the Organ | The Golden Age (Episode 3)
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A History of the Organ | The Modern Age (Episode 4)
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The Art of Conducting II: Legendary Conductors of the Golden Era
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The Art of Conducting I: Great Conductors of the Past
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Mozart - Liberty or Death!
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Beethoven - Everything for the Music
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God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
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Masters of Classical Music | Discovering Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (Episode 1)
29:15
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Masters of Classical Music | Discovering Mozart's Symphony No.41 'Jupiter' (Episode 2)
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Masters of Classical Music | Discovering Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Episode 3)
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Masters of Classical Music | Discovering Haydn's Symphony No.94 'Surprise' (Episode 4)
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Masters of Classical Music | Discovering Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (Episode 5)
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Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
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Bolero: A Global Hit
52:14
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Karajan - Or Beauty As I See It
1:32:08
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Violin Makers - The Renaissance of Italian Lutherie
1:00:54
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The Art of Violin
1:53:13
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Sergiu Celibidache's Garden
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Mozart 06 (Short Film 2006)
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Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
54:53
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Keeping Score: Stravinsky in Concert
51:21
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Great Composers: Bach (Episode 1)
59:20
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Great Composers: Mozart (Episode 2)
59:09
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Great Composers: Beethoven (Episode 3)
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Great Composers: Mahler (Episode 4)
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Great Composers: Tchaikovsky (Episode 5)
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Great Composers: Wagner (Episode 6)
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Great Composers: Puccini (Episode 7)
59:16
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Mozart On Tour | London: The First Journey (Episode 1)
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Mozart On Tour | Mantua: Initial Steps (Episode 2)
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Mozart On Tour | Milan: Learning By Travelling (Episode 3)
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Mozart on Tour | Mannheim: Aloysia and Constanze (Episode 4)
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Mozart on Tour | Schwetzingen: Musicians and Princess (Episode 5)
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Mozart On Tour | Paris: Far from Salzburg (Episode 6)
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Mozart On Tour | Vienna: A Double Abduction (Episode 7)
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Mozart On Tour | Vienna: The Best City for My Métier (Episode 8)
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Mozart On Tour | Vienna and Prague: The Other Side of the Coin (Episode 9)
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Mozart on Tour | Prague: Success with Da Ponte (Episode 10)
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Mozart On Tour | Frankfurt: Coronation (Episode 11)
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Mozart On Tour | Munich: Way Station (Episode 12)
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Mozart On Tour | Vienna: The Last Year (Episode 13)
57:25

Great Composers: Puccini (Episode 7)

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Episode 7: Giacomo Puccini is today the most popular of opera composers, but not necessarily the most respected. From humble origins in the town of Lucca in Tuscany, he rose from the Milan Conservatoire to compose some of the greatest Italian operas. His love of his home and its local lake, his serial infidelities, his unhappy marriage, his obsession with hunting and his final illness are told alongside the story of his music.

Interviewees include Puccini's grand-daughter Simonetta Puccini, opera producer and actor Simon Callow, experts Julian Budden, William Ashbrook, Leonardo Pinzauti, Alan Sievwright and conductor Sir Charles Mackerras.

The programme contains extracts from his operas, sung by Jose Cura, Leontina Vaduva and Julia Migenes, with conductor Richard Buckley and the BBC Phiharmonic. Produced and Directed by Chris Hunt.

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