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The Early Music Show Episodes

  1. RIAS Chamber Choir sings Bach

    The RIAS Chamber Choir and Akademie f眉r alte Musik Berlin perform Bach cantatas.

  2. The Aleotti Mystery

    Vittoria and Raffaella Aleotti were nuns and composers - but were they one person or two?

  3. Couperin's Le莽ons de Tenebres

    Vincent Dumestre directs Le Po猫me Harmonique in music by Couperin for Holy Week

  4. Handel in Cambridge

    Hannah is in Cambridge exploring links between Handel and a city that he never visited!

  5. Thomas Tomkins

    A celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of the composer Thomas Tomkins.

  6. Carnevale - Venice, Vino...and Vivaldi

    Hannah French and historian Ron Merlino explore music and wine from 18th-century Venice.

  7. Carnevale: Venice and Vino

    Hannah French and wine historian Ron Merlino explore Venetian music associated with wine.

  8. A new songbook from the 1400s

    Hannah French uncovers the amazing story of a 15th-century songbook rediscovered in 2014.

  9. Ann Hallenberg in concert

    Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg sings Monteverdi, Sances, Merula and Purcell.

  10. Orquestra Barroca Catalana

    Orquestra Barroca Catalana and Gabriel Diez with music by Porpora, Corelli and Vivaldi.

  11. Moli猫re and Charpentier

    Lucie Skeaping explores the music Charpentier composed for Moli猫re's final theatre pieces.

  12. The Feast of Stephen

    The music, food and traditions of Christmas in Bohemia

  13. Lucrezia Borgia's music

    Hannah French seeks the real Lucrezia Borgia through the music she knew and loved.

  14. Robert Fayrfax - 500th Anniversary

    Lucie Skeaping marks the 500th anniversary of the death of English composer Robert Fayrfax

  15. The Elements - Water

    Music associated with all things watery.

  16. Palisander recorder ensemble

    Palisander play Dowland, Bach, Holborne and Locke at St John's Smith Square.

  17. Who wrote Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea?

    Lucie Skeaping turns detective to investigate the mystery behind Monteverdi's last opera.

  18. Fear and Terror in the 18th Century

    Scary music for Hallowe'en by Gluck, Handel, Rameau, Marais and Mozart.

  19. The Elements: Fire

    Music associated with the ancient Greek concept of the four elements. Today... fire.

  20. London International Festival of Early Music - Young Ensemble Competition

    Highlights of the three young ensembles' performances from the 2020 competition.

  21. The Elements - Air

    Music associated with the ancient Greek concept of the Four elements. Today... air.

  22. il Pomo d'Oro from Montpellier

    Countertenor Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski sings Baroque arias with the orchestra il Pomo d'Oro.

  23. Music at West Horsley Place

    Music associated with the household of West Horsley Place in Surrey in the 16th century.

  24. The Elements - Earth

    Music associated with all things earthly.

  25. London International Festival of Early Music

    Highlights from the 2020 London International Festival of Early Music

  26. The Gesualdo Six in York

    The Gesualdo Six perform English motets at the York Early Music Festival.

  27. The Violinist Speaks

    Violinist Rachel Podger performs a solo recital at the York Early Music Festival.

  28. La Scintilla in Zurich

    Music by three of JS Bach's sons played by La Scintilla and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.

  29. Linlithgow Palace Reborn

    Music from Renaissance Scotland as it would have been heard in the now-ruined Chapel Royal

  30. Vicente Lusitano, the first published black composer

    Lucie Skeaping, Joseph McHardy and the 蜜芽传媒 Singers reveal Lusitano's life and work.

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