This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Gounod (1818-1893), the most celebrated French composer in his time, known today for his opera Faust (1859) and the prayer in song Ave ...

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Gounod's contemporaries believed that his religious works, rather than his operas, would ultimately constitute his most enduring legacy. Posterity has, of course, proved them wrong, but you get some ...

Donald Macleod introduces music from Gounod's early years as he begins to make his mark. In today’s programme, the young composer widens his cultural horizons in Rome and struggles with his vocation.

It’s a sign of just how far out of fashion Gounod has fallen that none of the major British houses is taking the opportunity to stage one of his operas. A revival of David McVicar’s production of ...

One of the many delights that live radio affords is the opportunity for listener interaction. The other week I played an orchestral interlude from an oratorio that prompted an immediate and heartfelt ...

French composer Charles Gounod (sharl goo-NOH) carefully chose nine wind instruments to make up his "Petite Symphonie." From a concert at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, in the Washington, D.C., ...

This week, Donald Macleod explores Charles Gounod’s student years in Italy and the sacred and symphonic music these formative years later informed, including his Symphony No.1 in D. Monday - An Artist ...