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The Early Music Show

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition both in Britain and abroad

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  1. 4 days left to listen
    Catherine Bott ponders the question: What is Renaissance?
  2. 3 days left to listen
    Music from Henry VIII's manuscript (R)
  3. 3 days left to listen
    Catherine Bott ponders the question, what is Baroque? (R)
  4. Lucie Skeaping presents highlights from the 2008 Gottingen Handel Festival in Germany.
  5. Lucie Skeaping explores the music of the 15th-century English composer Nicholas Ludford.
  6. Lucie Skeaping explores Charpentier's setting of Euripides's great tragedy of Medea. (R)
  7. Robert Hollingworth looks back at 40 years of the King's Singers' early music repertoire. (R)
  8. Catherine Bott explores John Milton's masque Comus.
  9. Lucie Skeaping explores Parisian locations associated with Jean-Baptiste Lully. (R)
  10. Catherine Bott discusses the composers and perfomers associated with Le Concert Spirituel.

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