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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Sound of Cinema: A-Z of Baroque at the Box Office
Sat 14 Sep 2013
Catherine Bott presents an exploration of how early music has featured in mainstream film.
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Gesualdo
Sun 8 Sep 2013
Catherine Bott and Professor Glenn Watkins talk about the controversial life of Gesualdo.
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The Other Water Music
Sat 7 Sep 2013
Lucie Skeaping explores Telemann's orchestral suite Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth.
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Jacques Arcadelt
Sun 25 Aug 2013
Lucie Skeaping explores the life of 16th-century madrigalist Jacques Arcadelt.
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Matthias Weckmann
Sun 18 Aug 2013
Catherine Bott presents a profile of German composer and organist Matthias Weckmann.
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Time Will Tell
Sat 17 Aug 2013
Donald Greig talks to Catherine Bott about the music in his new novel Time Will Tell.
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Dowland
Sun 4 Aug 2013
Emma Kirkby and Jacob Heringman discuss Dowland's lute songs with Lucie Skeaping.
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Jacques-Martin Hotteterre
Sat 20 Jul 2013
Lucie Skeaping celebrates the life and music of Jacques-Martin Hotteterre 'Le Romain'.
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Vermeer and Music
Sun 30 Jun 2013
Lucie Skeaping chooses music to accompany the National Gallery's Vermeer exhibition.
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Richard III
Sat 22 Jun 2013
Lucie Skeaping and David Skinner consider music that might have been heard by Richard III.
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William Byrd 08 Jun 13 &
Sun 9 Jun 2013
Catherine Bott presents a comprehensive profile of the composer William Byrd.
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The Private Musick
Sat 1 Jun 2013
Lucie Skeaping explores music from the English royal courts, from Henry VIII to George III
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Wagner 200: Mastersingers of Nuremberg
Sun 19 May 2013
Lucie Skeaping looks at the real lives of the Mastersingers immortalised by Wagner.
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Artist Profile: David Wulstan
Sat 11 May 2013
Catherine Bott talks to David Wulstan, founder of the pioneering Clerkes of Oxenford.
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Watteau and Music
Sat 4 May 2013
Lucie Skeaping enters the musical world of the great French painter Antoine Watteau.
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Campra - the Rebel of Notre Dame
Sun 28 Apr 2013
Catherine Bott explores the music of Andre Campra from his tenure at Notre Dame Cathedral.
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The Treaty of Utrecht
Sat 13 Apr 2013
Catherine Bott explores the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 with music by Handel.
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Carmina Burana
Sun 7 Apr 2013
Catherine Bott explores the music associated with the medieval texts of the Carmina Burana
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Renaissance Wind Music
Sat 6 Apr 2013
Lucie Skeaping profiles celebrated early wind ensemble Les haulz et les bas.
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A Sure Foundation
Sun 31 Mar 2013
Lucie Skeaping explores the Lutheran chorale in German Baroque music.
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East European Baroque
Sat 23 Mar 2013
Catherine Bott explores the development of the Baroque music of eastern Europe.
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Baroque Spring: Monteverdi Opera
Sun 17 Mar 2013
For Baroque Spring, Catherine Bott focuses on gods and monsters in Monteverdi's operas.
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Rameau and La Poupeliniere—Baroque Spring French Weekend
Sun 10 Mar 2013
2/2 Lucie Skeaping explores the relationship between Rameau and his main patron.
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Lully and Louis—Baroque Spring French Weekend
Sat 9 Mar 2013
1/2 Exploring the relationship between Jean-Baptiste Lully and his King - Louis XIV.
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Telemann the Everyman
Sat 23 Feb 2013
Catherine Bott explores Telemann's ability to absorb and excel at varied musical styles.
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The Marriage of Princess Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick, Elector Palatine
Sat 16 Feb 2013
Lucie Skeaping on the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V, Elector Palatine.
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Jennens - Handel's librettist
Sat 9 Feb 2013
Catherine Bott visits Handel House to learn about Handel's librettist, Charles Jennens.
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The Other Purcell Boy
Sun 3 Feb 2013
Lucie Skeaping explores the life and music of Henry Purcell's composer cousin, Daniel.
