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Hannah French hears about two 500-year old choir books recently brought back to life, looks ahead to festivals in Brighton, Tetbury & Salisbury and explores a raft of new recordings.

Hannah French hears about two 500-year old choir books recently brought back to life, looks ahead to festivals in Brighton, Tetbury & Salisbury and explores a raft of new recordings

Presenter Hannah French finds out about two 500-year old choir books recently brought back to life, which are kept in Lambeth Palace and Buckland Abbey.

There's news from three upcoming early music festivals in Tetbury, Brighton and Salisbury, and a wealth of new recordings to explore, including recent releases from Les Arts Florissants, Accadema Bizantina and Collegium Musicum 23, who are performing on a selection of Bach's instruments from St Thomas' Church in Leipzig.

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Music Played

  • Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

    Il trionfo della Fama (Sinfonia - Allegro)

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • CPO.

  • Anon

    Ave mundi spes Maria (Virgo, noli esse nobis aliena)

    Choir: The Iken Scholars. Director: Matthew Dunn.
    • RUBICON CLASSIC.

  • Anon

    Recordare Domine

    Choir: University of Exeter Chapel Choir. Director: Michael Graham.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fuga a 3 Soggetti, BWV.1080/19

    Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 23.
    • RAMEE.

  • Andr茅 Campra

    Requiem - Introit

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z.585)

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Robin Blaze.
    • Metronome.

  • Johann Georg Pisendel

    Imitation des caract猫res de la danse

    Ensemble: Ensemble Augelletti.

  • Francesco Cavalli

    Giasone (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.
    • FIRST HAND RECORDS.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite for 2 Violins in D Major, TWV 40:108 "Gulliver's Travels"

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Bernhard Forck.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 17:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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