Composer of the Week - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

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Donald Macleod dives into the life and music of Maurice Ravel

Music featured:

Jeux d'eau
Shéhérazade (No 3, L'indifférent)
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Miroirs (No 5, La Vallée des Cloches)
Une Barque sur L'océan
Alborada del Gracioso
Allegretto (incidental music for ‘Antar’)
Rapsodie Espagnole (No 3, Habanera & No 4, Feria)
Gaspard de la Nuit (No 2 Le gibet)
Daphnis et Chloé, Part 2
Ma Mère l'Oye
Le Tombeau de Couperin (No 1, Prélude)
Trois Chansons
Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpt)
La Valse
Sonata for violin & cello (1st & 2nd mvts)
A la manière de Borodine
Tzigane
Trois chansons madécasses (No 1, Nahandove & No 2, Aoua! Aoua!)
Piano Concerto in G major (2nd & 3rd mvts)
Boléro

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Audio Wales & West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00288rx

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

Published on Friday, 7th March 2025.

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