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Baroque Spring: Live from MediaCity

Catherine Bott launches Radio 3's Baroque Spring season with a live programme from MediaCity UK. Laurence Cummings directs the English Concert in Handel, Bach, Purcell and Vivaldi.

Catherine Bott launches Radio 3's month-long Baroque Spring season live from MediaCity UK in Salford. Laurence Cummings directs The English Concert in music by Handel, Bach, Purcell and Vivaldi, all of whom will feature as Composer of the Week during this focus on the Baroque.

Throughout March, Radio 3 is celebrating all things Baroque, with a season of music, live discussion, masterclasses, comedy and poetry put together to bring alive one of the most significant periods of musical development and discovery.

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 3 Mar 2013 13:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Four Violins & Cello in B minor, RV.580

    Performers: Nadja Zwiener, Persephone Gibbs, Sophie Barber, Therese Timoney (violins), Joseph Crouch (cello), The English Concert, Laurence Cummings (harpsichord/director)

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor, Z.730

    Performers: The English Concert, Laurence Cummings (harpsichord/director)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV.1051

    Performers: The English Concert, Laurence Cummings (harpsichord/director)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6 No.11

    Performers: The English Concert, Laurence Cummings (harpsichord/director)

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Mar 2013 13:00

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