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Crisantemi
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Performers: Apollon Musag猫te Quartet
Recording date: 29 January 2018
Date of broadcast: 29 January 2018
While famous for his operas, Puccini composed non-vocal works too. This piece for string quartet - 'Crisantemi' (Chrysanthemums) - is a musical expression of grief following the death of his friend Alfonso, the King of Spain. Alfonso died - aged only 45 - in January, 1890. Puccini completed this heart-wrenching musical memorial over one night in the same month. In 1893, this music was adapted and used his tragic opera, 'Manon Lescaut'.
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Performers: Apollon Musag猫te Quartet
Recording date: 29 January 2018
Date of broadcast: 29 January 2018
