Christoph Willibald Gluck has been played on NTS in shows including Kit Grill, featured first on 17 May 2016. Songs played include Sonata For Flute, viola & Harp; Pastorale (from Oiseau-Lyre SOL 60048) 1962, Hungarian Dances and Adagio.

Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (2 July 1714 - 15 November 1787) was a German composer, one of the most important opera composers of the Classical music era, particularly remembered for Orfeo ed Euridice. Gluck's operatic reforms, eliminating all that was undramatic, were a turning point in the history of the medium.

Gluck's musical legacy was around 35 complete operas, together with numerous ballets and instrumental works. His reforms…