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The Early Music Show Episodes

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    Early Music in Derbyshire

    Performance and news from the world of Early Music.

  2. English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble

    Music for brass from the Golden Age of the Spanish Renaissance.

  3. Herreweghe meets Petrarch

    Philippe Herreweghe directs music inspired by the great 14C Italian poet Petrarch.

  4. An imaginary funeral for Charles V

    A concert given by ensemble La Tempete at the 2023 Utrecht Festival of Early Music.

  5. The Tallis Scholars at 50

    Founder Peter Phillips reviews the Tallis Scholars' five-decade career.

  6. Hidden gems of the French Baroque

    Ensemble Moliere perform works by Guillemain, Duphly, Corrette and Boismortier.

  7. Fifty years of the Academy of Ancient Music

    Hannah French chats to Laurence Cummings and John McMunn of the Academy of Ancient Music.

  8. Byrd is the Word

    The EX CORDE vocal ensemble perform sacred and secular music by William Byrd

  9. Guillaume de Machaut

    Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, renowned poet and composer

  10. The Taverner Consort at 50

    Hannah French talks to Andrew Parrott, founder of the Taverner Consort and Players.

  11. Tuma's Te Deum

    Andreas Scholl and the Prague Ensemble Baroque perform sacred music by Frantisek Tuma.

  12. Antonio Cesti

    Lucie Skeaping delves into the life and music of Italian composer Antonio Cesti.

  13. Hidden in plain sight

    Violinist Rachel Podger performs Baroque masterpieces at the York Early Music Festival.

  14. Baroque chamber music rarities

    L'Apotheose perform Johann, Anton and Carl Stamitz at the York Early Music Festival.

  15. The harp, the philtre and the sword

    Medieval music from the ensemble Apotropaik at the York Early Music Festival.

  16. Dutch Organ Improvisation

    Sietz de Vries takes Hannah French on an organ tour of Groningen in The Netherlands.

  17. Live from the York Early Music Festival

    Performances by baroque ensemble I Zefirelli and the Butter Quartet.

  18. William Byrd's keyboard music

    Lucie Skeaping looks at how Byrd set the course of English keyboard music.

  19. Alessandro Stradella: Music, mayhem and murder

    Performance and news from the world of Early Music.

  20. Ensemble Moliere at the Beverley Early Music Festival

    Performance and news from the world of Early Music.

  21. Bach's arrival in Leipzig

    Mark Seow explores the impact of JS Bach's cantata Die Elenden sollen essen.

  22. Handel & Hendrix in London

    Lucie Skeaping visits Handel & Hendrix in London, which reopens this month.

  23. The Trouveres

    Lucie Skeaping meets the singer-songwriters of 13th-century northern France.

  24. Les Arts Florissants in Vienna

    Infernal music by Rebel, Campra and Purcell from Les Arts Florissants

  25. London International Festival of Early Music 2022 (2/2)

    Lucie Skeaping introduces more highlights from the 2022 LIFEM festival.

  26. London International Festival of Early Music 2022 (1/2)

    Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from last year鈥檚 Lifem festival.

  27. Carnival Ballets

    Highlights of a concert given earlier this year by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

  28. The Brabant Ensemble at 25

    Hannah French chats to Stephen Rice about The Brabant Ensemble's 25th anniversary.

  29. Catherine and Mary: Tudor Queens, forever entwined

    Cantoria perform music associated with Catherine of Aragon and Mary I.

  30. The Museum of Renaissance Music

    Hannah French leafs through a book of 100 exhibits exploring Renaissance music history

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