2 - Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), The Menagerie
The Menagerie Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Episode 2 of 5 AVAILABILITY:2 DAYS LEFT TO LISTEN Duration: 1 hour First broadcast: Tuesday 09 September 2014 Life in the Menagerie, the home of Jean-Philippe Rameau's larger than life sponsor, the colourful Parisian tax farmer, Alexandre-Jean-Joseph Le Riche de la Pouplinière.
Controversy was never far away from Jean-Philippe Rameau. He lived a long life, amid the lively cultural and aesthetic debates that erupted in France after music was freed from Jean-Baptiste Lully's artistic monopoly. An octogenarian at his death in 1764, Rameau was by then a prosperous and successful opera composer. Unlike his contemporaries, Bach, Handel and Scarlatti, Rameau was something of a later starter. Born in Dijon, he spent the first part of his life in the provinces, working in relative obscurity. He didn't make his name until the age of 50 when he conquered the stage in Paris. What followed was a remarkable burst of creativity, amounting to about a hundred works, in addition to the prolific publication of original theoretical writing.
Today, Donald Macleod looks at the musical resources made available to Rameau, while living with his wife and children in the comfort of his patron's mansion, and Professor Graham Sadler, an authority on Rameau, fills in some of the blanks surrounding Rameau's formative activities in the provinces. SHOW LESS
Add "Composer of the Week, Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), The Menagerie" to FavouritesAdd to Favourites Share Facebook Twitter QR code Music Played 6 items Add music you love and enjoy it with BBC Playlister Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes Image for Jean-Philippe Rameau 00:01 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Indes galantes - Overture Conductor: Frans Brüggen. Performer: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. PHILIPS : 438-936 2, PHILIPS, 1 Add "Jean-Philippe Rameau || Les Indes galantes - Overture" to PlaylisterAdd to Playlister Image for Jean-Philippe Rameau 00:05 Jean-Philippe Rameau Concert en sextuor no. 3 in A major/minor - La Poupliniere Performer: Christophe Rousset. Performer: Ryo Terakado. Performer: Kaori Uemura. HARMONIA MUNDI:HMA1951418, 10 Add "Jean-Philippe Rameau || Concert en sextuor no. 3 in A major/minor - La Poupliniere" to PlaylisterAdd to Playlister Image for Jean-Philippe Rameau 00:11 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Indes galantes - opera-ballet (Les Fleurs) [3rd entree] vers. orig. [1735] Conductor: Frans Brüggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. PHILIPS : 438 946-2-, PHILIPS, 17-20 Add "Jean-Philippe Rameau || Les Indes galantes - opera-ballet (Les Fleurs) [3rd entree] vers. orig. [1735]" to PlaylisterAdd to Playlister Image for Jean-Philippe Rameau 00:20 Jean-Philippe Rameau Premier livre de pieces de clavecin Performer: Christophe Rousset. L'OISEAU-LYRE : 425-886-2, L'OISEAU-LYRE, 1 Add "Jean-Philippe Rameau || Premier livre de pieces de clavecin" to PlaylisterAdd to Playlister Image for Jean-Philippe Rameau 00:33 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Fetes d'Hebe (Les talents lyriques) - opera-ballet Director: William Christie. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. ERATO : 3984-26129-2, ERATO, 29-34 Add "Jean-Philippe Rameau || Les Fetes dHebe (Les talents lyriques) - opera-ballet" to PlaylisterAdd to Playlister Image for Jean-Philippe Rameau 00:46 Jean-Philippe Rameau Castor et Pollux - Extract Act 3 and Act 4 Director: William Christie. Singer: Jérôme Corréas. Singer: Agnès Mellon. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Singer: Véronique Gens. HMC : 901435-37, HMC, 9 Add "Jean-Philippe Rameau || Castor et Pollux - Extract Act 3 and Act 4" to PlaylisterAdd to Playlister Broadcasts BBC Radio 3 Tue 9 Sep 2014 12:00 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 Tue