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Georgian Pleasures Episodes

  1. William Boyce

    Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn explore the music of William Boyce including his and...

  2. Why how now, Madame Flirt

    The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, explored by Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn.

  3. Thomas Linley Jr

    Despite drowning at the age of 22 Thomas Linley was an extraordinarily prolific composer.

  4. The Music of the Pleasure Gardens

    Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were the hub of 18th Century social life. Suzy Klein and the...

  5. The Glass Harmonica

    Benjamin Franklin, founding father of the USA, invented it and Mozart composed an for...

  6. Popora's Polifemo

    Nicola Porpora came to London as a rival to Handel's operatic monopoly, and engaged of...

  7. Oswald - The Lady's Mantle

    Suzy Klein talks to conductor, Christian Curnyn to introduce The Lady's Mantle

  8. Mozart the Prodigy

    The highs and lows of the itinerant life of a prodigious youth. Suzy Klein and Curnyn...

  9. Herschel the composer

    William Herschel is most famous for discovering Uranus and its moons. By day though, a...

  10. Haydn - The Creation

    Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about Haydn's 'The Creation'.

  11. Handel's Rodelinda

    Handel was on an operatic roll in 1724 - he produced three great operas that year Suzy...

  12. Handel and the 'Conquering Hero'

    Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about Handel and his oratorio about the...

  13. Clementi the entrepreneur

    The rise of immigrant musicians in Georgian England. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn...

  14. Charles Avison

    Suzy Klein and conductor Christian Curnyn discuss the Concerto Grosso and composer...

  15. Billings - Chester

    Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn to introduce 'Chester' by William Billings.