BBC

Composer Of The Week

Jean-Baptiste Lully was the most influential French composer of the 17th century, a key figure in the court of Louis XIV. This week, Donald Macleod explores how Lully rose from humble origins in Italy ...
Bay Area Reporter

Advanced and enchanting - Jean-Baptiste Lully's 'Isis' on CD

It's no longer news that live music – and not just classical – has been imperiled as much as most other human enterprises by COVID-19. Back in the day, productions closed, but now cancellations are of ...
NPR

Rebel

If it hadn't been for his teacher, Jean-Baptiste Lully, a certain French composer might be better known today. That notion sets the tone for an hour of music by baroque names not often seen on concert ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Les Talens Lyriques play Part One of Lully's 'The Birth of Venus'

Lully was the chief composer during the reign of King Louis XIV. He was a talented all-rounder, composing, conducting, directing, producing and dancing in the elaborate dramas and ballets that took ...
BBC

Composer Of The Week: Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier is Donald Macleod's featured composer this week. It’s just a case of bad timing for 17th-century French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier that he happened to be born a decade ...
The Globe and Mail

Baroque 'n' rolling with the Sun King

The King is Dancing Directed by Gérard Corbiau Written by Gérard Corbiau, Andrée Corbiau, Eve de Castro and Didier Decoin Starring Boris Terral, Benoît Magimel and Tcheky Karyo Classification: AA ...