The Early Music Show Episodes Episode guide
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RIAS Chamber Choir sings Bach
The RIAS Chamber Choir and Akademie für alte Musik Berlin perform Bach cantatas.
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The Aleotti Mystery
Vittoria and Raffaella Aleotti were nuns and composers - but were they one person or two?
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Couperin's Leçons de Tenebres
Vincent Dumestre directs Le Poème Harmonique in music by Couperin for Holy Week
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Handel in Cambridge
Hannah is in Cambridge exploring links between Handel and a city that he never visited!
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Thomas Tomkins
A celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of the composer Thomas Tomkins.
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Carnevale - Venice, Vino...and Vivaldi
Hannah French and historian Ron Merlino explore music and wine from 18th-century Venice.
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Carnevale: Venice and Vino
Hannah French and wine historian Ron Merlino explore Venetian music associated with wine.
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A new songbook from the 1400s
Hannah French uncovers the amazing story of a 15th-century songbook rediscovered in 2014.
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Ann Hallenberg in concert
Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg sings Monteverdi, Sances, Merula and Purcell.
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Orquestra Barroca Catalana
Orquestra Barroca Catalana and Gabriel Diez with music by Porpora, Corelli and Vivaldi.
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Molière and Charpentier
Lucie Skeaping explores the music Charpentier composed for Molière's final theatre pieces.
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The Feast of Stephen
The music, food and traditions of Christmas in Bohemia
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Lucrezia Borgia's music
Hannah French seeks the real Lucrezia Borgia through the music she knew and loved.
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Robert Fayrfax - 500th Anniversary
Lucie Skeaping marks the 500th anniversary of the death of English composer Robert Fayrfax
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The Elements - Water
Music associated with all things watery.
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Palisander recorder ensemble
Palisander play Dowland, Bach, Holborne and Locke at St John's Smith Square.
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Who wrote Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea?
Lucie Skeaping turns detective to investigate the mystery behind Monteverdi's last opera.
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Fear and Terror in the 18th Century
Scary music for Hallowe'en by Gluck, Handel, Rameau, Marais and Mozart.
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The Elements: Fire
Music associated with the ancient Greek concept of the four elements. Today... fire.
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London International Festival of Early Music - Young Ensemble Competition
Highlights of the three young ensembles' performances from the 2020 competition.
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The Elements - Air
Music associated with the ancient Greek concept of the Four elements. Today... air.
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il Pomo d'Oro from Montpellier
Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński sings Baroque arias with the orchestra il Pomo d'Oro.
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Music at West Horsley Place
Music associated with the household of West Horsley Place in Surrey in the 16th century.
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The Elements - Earth
Music associated with all things earthly.
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London International Festival of Early Music
Highlights from the 2020 London International Festival of Early Music
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The Gesualdo Six in York
The Gesualdo Six perform English motets at the York Early Music Festival.
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The Violinist Speaks
Violinist Rachel Podger performs a solo recital at the York Early Music Festival.
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La Scintilla in Zurich
Music by three of JS Bach's sons played by La Scintilla and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.
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Linlithgow Palace Reborn
Music from Renaissance Scotland as it would have been heard in the now-ruined Chapel Royal
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Vicente Lusitano, the first published black composer
Lucie Skeaping, Joseph McHardy and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers reveal Lusitano's life and work.