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The Early Music Show Episodes

  1. Antonio Caldara

    Exploring the life and music of Venetian-born baroque composer Antonio Caldara.

  2. Acis and Galatea

    Lucie Skeaping explores Acis and Galatea, one of Handel's most popular works.

  3. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Tracing the life of Charles V through music he would have heard and been associated with.

  4. My Lady Rich

    Singer Emily van Evera discusses her recent disc dedicated to the noblewoman Penelope Rich

  5. Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London

    Harry Christophers talks about Tallis and Byrd's lives in London.

  6. Inspiring Lutenists

    Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny talks about two of the performers who inspired her.

  7. Henry VIII

    Music from Henry VIII's manuscript

  8. Dufay's Europe

    A look at the career of composer Guillaume Dufay.

  9. The Duke of Chandos

    Catherine Bott charts the rise and fall of James Brydges, a former patron of Handel.

  10. EBU: Ambronay Festival

    Highlights of a concert featuring the Choir of King's College, Cambridge performing Handel

  11. Music for Holy Saturday

    With settings of Lamentations and Tenebrae Responsories by Palestrina, Lobo and Gesualdo.

  12. Stabat Mater

    Stabat Mater: Catherine Bott presents excerpts from settings of the Stabat mater dolorosa.

  13. Shakespeare and Music in the Time of Henry Purcell

    Simon Russell Beale explores Restoration theatre, including Richard II and The Tempest.

  14. Music for the Annunciation

    A programme with music for the Annunciation, including works by Parsons and Biber.

  15. Mouton

    Exploring the life and music of Jean Mouton, once a principal composer at the French court

  16. Handel and Steffani in Hanover

    Exploring Handel's time in Hanover and his relationship with Agostino Steffani.

  17. 01/03/2008

    Looking at the contribution to London's theatrical world of impresario John Rich.

  18. Notre Dame and the Sorbonne

    Lucie Skeaping learns about medieval composers and their influence on western music.

  19. The Development of the Parisian Chanson

    Catherine Bott looks at the rise of the Parisian chanson, a 15th-century French song.

  20. Le Concert Spirituel

    With the director of Le Concert Spirituel, the noted French concert society.

  21. Lully's Paris

    Lucie Skeaping explores Parisian locations associated with Jean-Baptiste Lully.

  22. A Day in the Life of Louis XIV

    Lucie Skeaping recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV.

  23. 09/02/2008

    Catherine Bott looks at some of the many composers employed by the French royal family.

  24. 11/02/2006

    Catherine Bott talks to Maggie Cole about great harpsichordists of the early 20th century.

  25. The Palace of Versailles

    With a visit to the Palace of Versailles, which employed many notable musicians.

  26. The Versailles Centre for Baroque Music

    Lucy Skeaping explores France's rediscovery of its own baroque music.

  27. 27/01/2008

    Le Concert d'Astree play works by Leclair, Rameau and Dauvergne.

  28. 26/05/2007

    Lucie Skeaping explores John Taverner, who combined Medieval and Renaissance influences.

  29. What is Baroque?

    Catherine Bott ponders the question, what is Baroque?

  30. 22/04/2007

    Catherine Bott plays music to illustrate themes in George Herbert's short poem The Pulley.

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