The Early Music Show Episodes Episode guide
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Orpheus
The myth of Orpheus is the inspiration for operas, ballets and other musical works.
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William Byrd: Loyal Servant of the Crown and Devout Catholic
Catherine Bott presents a concert featuring Stile Antico and the Rose Consort of Viols.
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Lutheran Vespers for Christmas
Music from the Lutheran Vesper service, recorded by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers.
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15/12/2007
Lucie Skeaping presents a programme devoted to the life and music of Dieterich Buxtehude.
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Masaaki Suzuki
Catherine Bott is joined by harpsichordist, organist and conductor Masaaki Suzuki.
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Alessandro Scarlatti: The Sicilian Godfather of the Oratorio
Lucie Skeaping looks at Scarlatti and the music he wrote for oratorios in the 18th century
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02/12/2007
Catherine Bott explores 1685, the year in which Handel, Bach and Scarlatti were all born.
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03/02/2007
Catherine Bott looks at Cavalli's opera La Calisto and how approaches to it have developed
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Bach's Art of Fugue
Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles that lie behind Bach's the Art of Fugue.
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24/11/2007
Laurence Cummings explores the life and operas of the composer Reinhard Keiser.
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Melodia
Lucie Skeaping talks to Arni Ingolfsson about Rask 98, an Icelandic manuscript from 1660.
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Mr and Mrs Hasse
A profile of the German-born composer Hasse, who married mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni.
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Charles Burney - Journeyman, Historian and Composer
Lucie Skeaping talks to musicologist Ian Gammie about the life of Charles Burney.
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10/11/2007
Highlights of a concert given by Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen.
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Viols and Voices
Catherine Bott and guests discuss combining voices with viols in an ecclesiastical setting
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
Lucie Skeaping surveys the musical legacy of the Middle East's influence on early music.
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The Munich Court
Catherine Bott presents music with links to Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.
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Written in Their Spare Time
Lucie Skeaping explores the work of the St Mark's musicians of the 16th and 17th centuries
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01/04/2007
The development of the madrigal, with examples by Verdelot, Willaert and Marenzio.
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21/10/2007
Catherine Bott looks back at early music on Radio 3, with Andrew Parrot and Graham Dixon.
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Made in Britain: The Mackworth Collection
Catherine Bott visits the collection of music manuscripts built up by the Mackworth family
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Buxtehude and Bach
Cantatas by Buxtehude and Bach performed by the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus.
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Battle Music
Lucie Skeaping explores composititions with a battle theme, including Biber's Battalia.
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David Munrow
Performer portrait of one of this country's most influential early music pioneers.
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Music from Queen Anne's London
Lucie Skeaping explores 18th century musical culture, with works by D Purcell and Finger.
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09/09/2007
Ashley Solomon presents vocal works by Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Luzzaschi and Strozzi.