Francois Couperin, or "Couperin le Grand." Francois Couperin, also known as "Couperin le Grand." One key French composer will be well represented on the program even though he didn’t directly write ...

The most prominent representative (thus ‘Le Grand’) of a famous family of musicians whose dynasty began in the 1620s and expired when the last male Couperin died two centuries later – French rivals to ...

François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...

Donald Macleod follows the progress of the Couperins from rural life in Chaume-en-Brie to establishment as professional musicians in bustling Paris- looking at the importance to the Couperin family of ...

François Couperin's Trois Leçons de Ténèbres for voice and continuo are in the Holy Week tradition of settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Nine were projected ...

My first "real movie", which I started when I was a student, in 1978/79. An exploration / transformation of a mysterious house, black and white, with music by Couperin as indicated by the title. - ...

Olivier Baumont joins Donald Macleod to explore the achievements and keyboard mastery of François Couperin or François le Grand, as he has come to be known. As a leading figure in the French baroque ...

April 15, 2015 • Hear a consummate master of early music, conductor and viola da gamba player Jordi Savall, lead his ensemble Le Concert des Nations in an exhilarating array of 17th- and 18th-century ...

This week, Donald Macleod surveys musical portraits of aristocracy and musicians by Francois Couperin. In Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod marks 350 years since the birth of the French Baroque ...

Donald Macleod marks 350 years since the birth of François Couperin, one of France’s most dazzling musical talents. Donald begins by leading us through a gallery of the musical portraits that Couperin ...