The Early Music Show Podcast
An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.
UK Only
Episodes to download
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Composer Portrait: Tomas Luis de Victoria
Sat 23 Jul 2011
Catherine Bott presents a profile of Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria.
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Maestro Pisendel
Sat 16 Jul 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of the baroque violinist Johann Georg Pisendel.
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Thomas Coryate—Early Travel
Sat 2 Jul 2011
1/2 Catherine Bott talks to Tony Wheeler about the 17th-century traveller Thomas Coryate.
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The Hanseatic League
Sun 22 May 2011
Catherine Bott explores the history of the Hanseatic League and its impact in the Baltic.
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Composer Portrait - Niccolo Jommelli
Sat 21 May 2011
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of 18th-century composer Niccolo Jommelli.
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Purcell's The Fairy Queen
Sat 7 May 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores Purcell's semi-opera, The Fairy Queen.
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Handel's Easter Oratorio
Sun 24 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping on the background and music to Handel's 'Easter Oratorio', La Resurrezione.
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The Passacaglia
Sun 10 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping traces the history and development of the dance-based form passacaglia.
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Le voir dit: Machaut et Peronne
Sat 9 Apr 2011
Catherine Bott explores one of Guillaume de Machaut's extraordinary works, Le voir dit.
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Ferrabosco Dynasty
Sun 3 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping presents music by members of the Ferrabosco family.
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The Golden Three
Sat 2 Apr 2011
Lucie Skeaping presents music from the 18th century Russian imperial court.
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King Joao IV of Portugal
Sun 27 Feb 2011
Catherine Bott talks to Owen Rees about the musical legacy of King Joao IV of Portugal.
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Harmonic Inspiration: Vivaldi's "L'Estro Armonico"
Sat 15 Jan 2011
Lucie Skeaping explores Vivaldi's collection of violin concertos L'Estro Armonico, Op 3.
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Rameau - Platee—Opera Profiles
Sat 18 Dec 2010
9/9 Lucie Skeaping delves into Rameau's comic masterpiece Platee.
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Composer Portrait: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Sun 21 Nov 2010
Catherine Bott presents a profile of Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann.
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The Caccini Sisters
Sun 15 Aug 2010
Lucie Skeaping explores the lives and work of Francesca and Settimia Caccini.
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Orlando Gibbons
Sun 8 Aug 2010
Lucie Skeaping looks back on the life and music of Jacobean prodigy Orlando Gibbons.
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Venanzio Rauzzini
Sun 27 Jun 2010
Catherine Bott visits Bath to mark the bicentenary of the death of Venanzio Rauzzini.
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The City of Salzburg
Sat 26 Jun 2010
Lucie Skeaping discusses composers who lived and worked in Salzburg before Mozart's time.
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Ghostwriter: The Story of Henri Desmarest
Sat 12 Jun 2010
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of French composer Henri Desmarest.
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The Death of Henri IV
Sat 15 May 2010
Catherine Bott explores the life and music written for King Henry IV of France.
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Scarlatti and Corelli: Music for a Bourbon
Sun 2 May 2010
Exploring the music and entertainments put on for Philip V of Spain in Naples in 1702.
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Clemens non Papa
Sat 17 Apr 2010
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of the Flemish composer Clemens non Papa.
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The Court of Mary, Queen of Scots
Sun 28 Feb 2010
David McGuinness explores the music which came from the Court of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Handel the Gourmand
Sun 15 Nov 2009
Lucie Skeaping and chef Clarissa Dickson Wright talk about Handel's love of food.
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Lully Lullay
Sat 17 Oct 2009
Lucie Skeaping explores the art of the lullaby and its inspiration to early music.
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11th-Century Fraud: Ademar's Apostolic Mass
Sun 11 Oct 2009
Exploring the extraordinary story of 11th-century French monk Ademar de Chabannes.
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Renaissance Polyphony
Sat 3 Oct 2009
Lucie Skeaping explores the mysteries of Renaissance polyphony with Peter Phillips.
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The Story of Ann Cargill
Sun 20 Sep 2009
Lucie Skeaping visits the Scilly Isles to learn about the 18th-century singer Ann Cargill.
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Thomas Ravenscroft - Harmony to please, varietie to delight
Sat 22 Aug 2009
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of 17th-century composer Thomas Ravenscroft.
