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Early Music

1antimuzak
Sep 29, 2019, 1:44 am

Sunday 29th September 2019
Time: 12:00 to 12:15 (15 minutes long)

Al-Andalus Early Music Show Special.

A day of programme exploring the music and culture of Al-Andalus - the 800- year period of Muslim rule in Spain and Portugal which ended in 1492. Al-Andalus was both a beacon of learning and knowledge in the Middle Ages and a place of subordination for Christians and Jews. The music and culture which emerged from the three faiths left a unique legacy. Hannah French is joined in the studio by guests including musicologist Jonathan Shannon, Islamic art historian Sabiha al Khemir and historian Hugh Kennedy to explore the music and culture of Al-Andalus, with contributions from linguist Dr Alice Corr and food writer Claudia Roden.

2antimuzak
Feb 9, 2020, 1:59 am

Sunday 9th February 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Bach Collegium Japan - 30th Anniversary.

Hannah French talks to father and son team Masaaki and Masato Suzuki about the period performance ensemble Bach Collegium Japan, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. With music by Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

3antimuzak
Mar 1, 2020, 1:55 am

Sunday 1st March 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Thomas Campion.

Lucie Skeaping presents a programme made in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of English composer, poet and physician Thomas Campion.

4antimuzak
Mar 29, 2020, 1:59 am

Sunday 29th March 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

L'Acheron plays Purcell.

Highlights of a concert given in Lausanne last January by the Belgium-based ensemble L'Acheron. The group, directed by Francois Joubert-Caillet, explores the consort music of Henry Purcell, performing Fantasias and In Nomines.

5antimuzak
mayo 24, 2020, 1:48 am

Sunday 24th May 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Alessandro Scarlatti in Rome.

Sicilian-born composer Alessandro Scarlatti had a love/hate relationship with the city of Rome. In the early part of his career, he was employed there by the self-exiled Queen Christina of Sweden, and he returned to the city for the last six years of his life, composing some of his finest work there. Lucie Skeaping explores Scarlatti's Roman years and some of the music he produced during his time in the Italian capital.

6antimuzak
mayo 31, 2020, 1:48 am

Sunday 31st May 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Johann Christoph Pepusch.

German-born Johann Christoph Pepusch spent much of his career working in London, where he founded the Academy of Ancient Music and found fame with his music for John Gay's "Beggar's Opera". Lucie Skeaping talks to Robert Rawson of Canterbury Christ Church University about the extraordinary life and music of this now neglected 18th century composer.

7antimuzak
Jun 14, 2020, 1:43 am

Sunday 14th June 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

London International Festival of Early Music.

Highlights from the 2019 London International Festival of Early Music, including performances by lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, recorder player Olwen Foulkes, soprano Tinka Pypker with fortepianist Anders Muskens, ensembles Palisander, Solomon's Knot and Parandrus, and members of the Chetham's Early Music Ensemble. A wide selection of music including pieces by Machaut, Dufay, Kapsperger, Sweelinck, Vivaldi, Sammartini, Tartini, CPE Bach and Schubert.

8antimuzak
Jul 19, 2020, 1:46 am

Sunday 19th July 2020
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)

Pioneers of the Future. Series 1, episode 1.

Nicholas Kenyon digs into where this historical impulse came from. Reviving the music of the past has long been part of the narrative for composers and certain connoisseurs, but the idea really became public after the war. We'll hear about the first stirrings of the movement, and the iconic soloists, ensembles and innovators that made it happen. Why did we want to reimagine the past? Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie Suite: Tambourin I, II et III (extract) - La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor). Handel: Solomon (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) - The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor). Handel, arr. Beecham: Faithful Shepherd Suite (Overture) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham (conductor). Monteverdi: Chiome d'oro - Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Paul Derenne (tenor), Nadia Boulanger (piano). Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G major, K 124 - Wanda Landowska (piano). JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 (3rd movement) - Busch Chamber Players, Adolf Busch (director). Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Che faro) - Kathleen Ferrier (alto), Orchestra of Netherlands Opera, Charles Bruck (conductor). Purcell: Music for a while - Alfred Deller (countertenor), Walter Bergman (harpsichord). Dowland: Fine knacks for ladies - Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute). JC Bach: Quintet in D, Op 11 No 6 (1st movement) - Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). Corelli: Sonata in B flat major, Op 5 No 11 (2nd movement) - Frans Bruggen (recorder), Anner Bylsma (cello), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord). Victoria: O vos omnes (Tenebrae Responsories) - Westminster Cathedral Choir, George Malcolm (conductor). Anon: The Play of Daniel (The Vessels Restored - Regis vasa referents) - Dufay Collective, Williams Lyons (director). Susato: Basse danse Bergeret sans Roch - Early Music Consort, David Munrow (director).

9antimuzak
Jul 19, 2020, 1:49 am

Sunday 19th July 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

A Delightful Thing: Music & Readings from a Melancholy Man.

From this year's York Early Music Online Festival, countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform songs, instrumental pieces and readings by that most dolorous of Elizabethan composers - John Dowland. `Sorrow was there made fair / And passion wise, tears a delightful thing." - Dowland knew that in love, the only thing sweeter than happiness was sorrow. Few living interpreters understand his music more profoundly than Iestyn Davies and he's devised an evening of poetry, music and drama for voice and lute to explore a composer for whom a single teardrop can hold a universe of emotion. Presented by Hannah French.

10antimuzak
Jul 26, 2020, 1:45 am

Sunday 26th July 2020
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)

Reinventing the Past. Series 1, episode 2.

Nicholas Kenyon looks at the emergence of early music as mainstream. As the 1970s began, rebellion was in the air for music, as in so much else, and Britain saw the proliferation and extraordinarily rapid success of period-instrument ensembles. Certainly, there were over-statements of claims to authenticity, rebuttals from modern instrumentalists, and a period of polarisation. But the public loved the rediscoveries - these new interpreters delved back into the middle ages, explored rare and forgotten repertory, and made ancient music irresistible. JS Bach: B minor Mass (Sanctus) - Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director). Boyce: Symphony No 4 in F major (1st movement - Allegro) - Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor). JS Bach: Orchestral Suite No 3 (Air) - The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor). Perotin: Alleluya pascha nostrum - Martyn Hill (tenor), The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow (director). Josquin des Prez: Faulte d'argent - Musica Reservata, Andrew Parrott (conductor). Machaut: Ay mi! Dame de valour - Studio der Fruhen Musik, Thomas Binkley (conductor). Tallis: O nata lux - Clerkes of Oxenford, David Wulstan (conductor). Telemann: Psalm 6, No 8, Es müssen alle meine Feinde - Rene Jacobs (countertenor), Kuijken Consort. Hildegard von Bingen: A feather on the breath of God - Gothic Voices, Emma Kirkby (soprano), Christopher Page (conductor). Haydn: String Quartet, Op 20 No 4 (4th movement) - Esterhazy Quartet. JS Bach: Cantata No 79, 'Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild', BWV 79 (Chorus) - Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Leonhardt (director).

11antimuzak
Jul 26, 2020, 1:46 am

Sunday 26th July 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

From the York Early Music Online Festival, Richard Boothby performs 17th-century lyra viol music. Presented by Hannah French. The programme presents dance suites and sets of variations from leading composers of the time, from Alfonso Ferrabosco and John Dowland to those working for Charles I and during the Civil War, including William Lawes and John Jenkins.

12antimuzak
Ago 9, 2020, 1:49 am

Sunday 9th August 2020 (starting in 5 hours and 12 minutes)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)

Recreating the Original. Series 1, episode 4.

Nicholas Kenyon asks about the issues raised by exploration. In reviving this music of the past, were we really recreating an original performance or were we using our imagination in different ways? JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4/3 - Musica Antiqua Cologne, Reinhard Goebel (director and violinist). Monteverdi: Selva Morale, Sanctus - Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott (conductor). Mozart: Piano Concerto No 14 In E Flat Major, K.449 - Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano), The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). JS Bach: Cantata 131/1, Aus der Tiefe - The Bach Ensemble, Joshua Rifkin (conductor). Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique mvt 2 - London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor). Rameau: Overture Nais - Les talens lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor). Carver: Benedictus from Missa dum sacrum - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (director). Haydn: Symphony No 86 mvt 4 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor). Beethoven: Symphony 8 mvt 4 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).

13antimuzak
Ago 9, 2020, 1:52 am

Sunday 9th August 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

A Delightful Thing: Music & Readings from a Melancholy Man.

From this year's York Early Music Online Festival, countertenor Iestyn Davies and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform songs, instrumental pieces and readings by that most dolorous of Elizabethan composers - John Dowland. `Sorrow was there made fair, And passion wise, tears a delightful thing." Dowland knew that in love, the only thing sweeter than happiness was sorrow. Few living interpreters understand his music more profoundly than Iestyn Davies and he's devised an evening of poetry, music and drama for voice and lute to explore a composer for whom a single teardrop can hold a universe of emotion.

14antimuzak
Ago 16, 2020, 1:43 am

Sunday 16th August 2020
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)

Voices On and Off Stage. Series 1, episode 5.

Nicholas Kenyon tells the story of classical music's authentic revolution. Today's episode is all about the voice. How did the pioneers of authentic classical repertory create the a vocal sound that was just right? Handel: Ariodante, Dopo Notte - Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard (conductor). Monteverdi: Orfeo, Possente spirto - Nigel Rogers (tenor - Orfeo), London Baroque, the London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Charles Medlam and Theresa Caudle (directors). Handel: Messiah, But who may abide - Emma Kirkby (soprano), the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor). Charpentier: Le Reniement de saint Pierre - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor). Carceres: Villancet, Soleta So Jo Ací - Monteserrat Figueras (soprano), Hesperion XX. Leonel Power: Sanctus - Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director). Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David - Stile Antico. Vivaldi: Griselda, Dopo un' orrida procella - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini. Haydn: The Creation, end of part 2, Achieved is the glorious work - Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor). Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492, Act 4 end. Arleen Auger (soprano - Contessa Almaviva), Barbara Bonney (soprano - Susanna), Petteri Salomaa (bass-baritone - Figaro), Hakan Hagegard (baritone - Conte Almaviva), Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra, the Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus, Arnold Östman (conductor).

15antimuzak
Ago 16, 2020, 1:45 am

Sunday 16th August 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

John Dunstaple.

Hannah French profiles the life and music of John Dunstaple - a musical innovator, influencer and leading composer of his generation, during the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI.

16antimuzak
Ago 23, 2020, 1:45 am

Sunday 23rd August 2020
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)

Mixing It Up: International 21st Century. Series 1, episode 6.

In the last episode in this series, Nicholas Kenyon has a look at new discoveries, recent trends. Where can classical music's authentic revolution take us now? JS Bach: Sinfonia, Cantata 29 - Wendy Carlos (Moog). Anon: Sanctus - Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek (saxophone). Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Spring 0-1, recomposed By Max Richter - Daniel Hope (violin), Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, André de Ridder (conductor). Barbara Strozzi: E pazzo il mio core - Emanuela Galli (soprano), La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (conductor). Schutz: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahen - Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (conductor). Schubert: Impromptu D 935 no 4 in F minor - Andras Schiff (piano). Wagner: Lohengrin, Act 3 Prelude - London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor). Lanner: Jorgel-Polka - Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). Debussy: Nocturnes, Fetes - Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor). Knussen: Two Organa (No 1) - London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor). JS Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sunde - Vikingur Olafsson (piano).

17antimuzak
Ago 30, 2020, 1:46 am

Sunday 30th August 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

The Elizabethan Dance Band.

The Elizabethan Dance Band: Lucie Skeaping is joined by William Lyons to explore music for the Broken Consort, an ensemble heard at dances and theatre productions, and for which Thomas Morley compiled a rarely-heard repertory.

18antimuzak
Oct 4, 2020, 1:44 am

Sunday 4th October 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

The Gesualdo Legacy.

Fiona Talkington looks at the legacy of Carlo Gesualdo and the fascination that his life and music held for certain 20th Century figures such as composers Igor Stravinsky and Peter Maxwell Davies, and other cultural figures such as the novelist Aldous Huxley and film maker Werner Herzog. The programme includes an interview with Professor Glenn Watkins who has written extensively about Gesualdo's life, work and influence.

19antimuzak
Nov 1, 2020, 1:46 am

Sunday 1st November 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Possessed! Demons, Witches and Sorcery.

Lucie Skeaping takes her second musical journey through the mysterious world of possession, featuring witchcraft, demons, sorcery and madness, including pieces by Handel, Tartini, Purcell and Charpentier.

20antimuzak
Nov 29, 2020, 1:46 am

Sunday 29th November 2020 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Music and Migration.

Presented by Lucie Skeaping. As part of a weekend of programming featuring Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers, Prof John Gallagher of Leeds University explores how immigrant musicians shaped music in the court of Elizabeth I and how migrant British composers exported their art abroad.

21antimuzak
Ene 31, 2021, 1:45 am

Sunday 31st January 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Telemann at the Opera.

Lucie Skeaping looks at the operas of Telemann, who died 250 years ago this year. It's said he composed more than 50 works for the stage, although only 35 of them appear in his catalogue. Most of them were premiered in either Leipzig or Hamburg, where he made his home for the major part of his career.

22antimuzak
Feb 21, 2021, 1:47 am

Sunday 21st February 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

On Bach's Farm.

Bach's Germany was an agrarian society. Just beyond Leipzig's city walls, farmers worked the land to grow crops that sustained its citizens. Some of Bach's music explicitly engages with farming. Its rustic oomph and repetitive motifs call to mind the manual toil of digging. John Eliot Gardiner even described the texture of one Bach cantata as `warm topsoil, fertile and well irrigated". Yet devotional writings of Bach's time make it clear that farming was something not just done out on the fields. Instead all Lutherans were to be farmers of sorts. They were to plough the soil of their hearts so to receive the Word of God and bring it to fruition. The notion that scripture was a type of seed pervaded 18th-century thought, and Bach was intimate with this kind of corporeal agricultural. In this episode, Mark Seow explores how the cultivation of Lutheran hearts as if they were farmland urge us to rehear much-loved moments of Bach, including movements from his Christmas Oratorio and the St Matthew Passion.

23antimuzak
Abr 4, 2021, 1:47 am

Sunday 4th April 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Bach: Easter Oratorio.

Hannah French looks into the music behind Bach's Easter Oratorio, which was composed in Leipzig and first performed on Easter Sunday in 1725.

24antimuzak
mayo 9, 2021, 1:53 am

Sunday 9th May 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

The Gibbons Clan.

Orlando Gibbons came from a very musical family - his father was a member of the Oxford Waits, two of his brothers were also composers, and his son entered into the profession too. Lucie Skeaping explores the lives and music of this turn of this 17th-century musical dynasty.

25antimuzak
Jul 25, 2021, 1:43 am

Sunday 25th July 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

Endless Pleasure, Endless Love: Handel's Semele.

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights from Handel's music drama Semele, including the famous aria Where e'er you walk. Semele, a mortal princess, was the lover of Jupiter, nemesis of Juno, and mother of Bacchus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The work received only six performances in Handel's lifetime - perhaps due to its racy content - but today is a firm favourite with modern audiences.

26antimuzak
Ago 15, 2021, 1:50 am

Sunday 15th August 2021 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)

London International Festival of Early Music.

Lucie Skeaping introduces highlights from the 2020 London International Festival of Early Music, including performances by viol consort Fretwork, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and recorder player Tabea Debus.

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