The Early Music Show Podcast
An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.
UK Only
Episodes to download
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Tinkler, Sailor, Composer, Spy? The Peter Philips Story
Sun 2 Oct 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and work of the great Tudor composer Peter Philips.
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Shakespeare's Musical Collaborator: A Profile of Robert Johnson
Sat 24 Sep 2011
Lucie Skeaping discusses Shakespeare's musical collaborator Robert Johnson.
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Episode 2—King George III - Mad about Music
Sun 18 Sep 2011
2/2 Catherine Bott traces the legacy of King George III. Music by Handel, Purcell, Steffani.
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Episode 1—King George III - Mad about Music
Sat 17 Sep 2011
1/2 Catherine Bott traces the legacy of King George III. Featuring Handel, JC Bach and Mozart.
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Composer Profile: William Boyce
Sun 11 Sep 2011
Lucie Skeaping and Jeremy Barlow explore the music of William Boyce.
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Performer Profile: Gustav Leonhardt
Sun 4 Sep 2011
Catherine Bott in conversation with an Early music pioneer, the late Gustav Leonhardt.
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Louis Couperin
Sun 28 Aug 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and musical of 17th-century composer Louis Couperin.
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The Story of the Collegium Musicum
Sat 27 Aug 2011
Catherine Bott explores the history of the Collegium Musicum in Germany.
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Composer Portrait: Tomas Luis de Victoria
Sat 23 Jul 2011
Catherine Bott presents a profile of Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria.
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Maestro Pisendel
Sat 16 Jul 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of the baroque violinist Johann Georg Pisendel.
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Thomas Coryate—Early Travel
Sat 2 Jul 2011
1/2 Catherine Bott talks to Tony Wheeler about the 17th-century traveller Thomas Coryate.
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The Hanseatic League
Sun 22 May 2011
Catherine Bott explores the history of the Hanseatic League and its impact in the Baltic.
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Composer Portrait - Niccolo Jommelli
Sat 21 May 2011
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of 18th-century composer Niccolo Jommelli.
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Purcell's The Fairy Queen
Sat 7 May 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores Purcell's semi-opera, The Fairy Queen.
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Handel's Easter Oratorio
Sun 24 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping on the background and music to Handel's 'Easter Oratorio', La Resurrezione.
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The Passacaglia
Sun 10 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping traces the history and development of the dance-based form passacaglia.
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Le voir dit: Machaut et Peronne
Sat 9 Apr 2011
Catherine Bott explores one of Guillaume de Machaut's extraordinary works, Le voir dit.
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Ferrabosco Dynasty
Sun 3 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping presents music by members of the Ferrabosco family.
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The Golden Three
Sat 2 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping presents music from the 18th century Russian imperial court.
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King Joao IV of Portugal
Sun 27 Feb 2011
Catherine Bott talks to Owen Rees about the musical legacy of King Joao IV of Portugal.
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Harmonic Inspiration: Vivaldi's "L'Estro Armonico"
Sat 15 Jan 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores Vivaldi's collection of violin concertos L'Estro Armonico, Op 3.
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Rameau - Platee—Opera Profiles
Sat 18 Dec 2010
9/9 Lucie Skeaping delves into Rameau's comic masterpiece Platee.
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Composer Portrait: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Sun 21 Nov 2010
Catherine Bott presents a profile of Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann.
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The Caccini Sisters
Sun 15 Aug 2010
Lucie Skeaping explores the lives and work of Francesca and Settimia Caccini.
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Orlando Gibbons
Sun 8 Aug 2010
Lucie Skeaping looks back on the life and music of Jacobean prodigy Orlando Gibbons.
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Venanzio Rauzzini
Sun 27 Jun 2010
Catherine Bott visits Bath to mark the bicentenary of the death of Venanzio Rauzzini.
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The City of Salzburg
Sat 26 Jun 2010
Lucie Skeaping discusses composers who lived and worked in Salzburg before Mozart's time.
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Ghostwriter: The Story of Henri Desmarest
Sat 12 Jun 2010
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of French composer Henri Desmarest.
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The Death of Henri IV
Sat 15 May 2010
Catherine Bott explores the life and music written for King Henry IV of France.
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Scarlatti and Corelli: Music for a Bourbon
Sun 2 May 2010
Exploring the music and entertainments put on for Philip V of Spain in Naples in 1702.
