The Early Music Show Episodes Episode guide
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Empowered Women
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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English Satire and Opera in the 18th Century
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Matthias Weckman
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble
Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble from Poland perform music by Monteverdi and Ziele艅ski in Czechia.
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Chinoiserie
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Early Music for Christmas Eve
Festive pieces with a historical vibe.
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Carl Friedrich Abel
Lucie Skeaping delves into the life and music of C18 viol player Carl Friedrich Abel.
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Early Music in Derbyshire
Performance and news from the world of Early Music.
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English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Music for brass from the Golden Age of the Spanish Renaissance.
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Herreweghe meets Petrarch
Philippe Herreweghe directs music inspired by the great 14C Italian poet Petrarch.
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An imaginary funeral for Charles V
A concert given by ensemble La Tempete at the 2023 Utrecht Festival of Early Music.
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The Tallis Scholars at 50
Founder Peter Phillips reviews the Tallis Scholars' five-decade career.
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Hidden gems of the French Baroque
Ensemble Moliere perform works by Guillemain, Duphly, Corrette and Boismortier.
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Fifty years of the Academy of Ancient Music
Hannah French chats to Laurence Cummings and John McMunn of the Academy of Ancient Music.
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Byrd is the Word
The EX CORDE vocal ensemble perform sacred and secular music by William Byrd
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Guillaume de Machaut
Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, renowned poet and composer
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The Taverner Consort at 50
Hannah French talks to Andrew Parrott, founder of the Taverner Consort and Players.
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Tuma's Te Deum
Andreas Scholl and the Prague Ensemble Baroque perform sacred music by Frantisek Tuma.
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Antonio Cesti
Lucie Skeaping delves into the life and music of Italian composer Antonio Cesti.
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Hidden in plain sight
Violinist Rachel Podger performs Baroque masterpieces at the York Early Music Festival.
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Baroque chamber music rarities
L'Apotheose perform Johann, Anton and Carl Stamitz at the York Early Music Festival.
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The harp, the philtre and the sword
Medieval music from the ensemble Apotropaik at the York Early Music Festival.
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Dutch Organ Improvisation
Sietz de Vries takes Hannah French on an organ tour of Groningen in The Netherlands.
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Live from the York Early Music Festival
Performances by baroque ensemble I Zefirelli and the Butter Quartet.
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William Byrd's keyboard music
Lucie Skeaping looks at how Byrd set the course of English keyboard music.
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Alessandro Stradella: Music, mayhem and murder
A look at the life and work of Italian Baroque composer Alessandro Stradella.
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Ensemble Moliere at the Beverley Early Music Festival
Performance and news from the world of Early Music.
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Bach's arrival in Leipzig
Mark Seow explores the impact of JS Bach's cantata Die Elenden sollen essen.
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Handel & Hendrix in London
Lucie Skeaping visits Handel & Hendrix in London, which reopens this month.
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The Trouveres
Lucie Skeaping meets the singer-songwriters of 13th-century northern France.