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The Early Music Show Episodes

  1. Lufthansa Festival

    Highlights of this year's Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, featuring Musica ad Rhenum.

  2. 17/02/2007

    Andrew Manze charts the life of Italian violinist and composer Francesco Maria Veracini.

  3. Bach in Leipzig

    Looking at Bach's time in the German town of Leipzig, where he lived until 1750.

  4. Ornaments of the French Baroque

    Catherine Bott explores French Baroque music with flautist Barthold Kuijken.

  5. Bach in Cothen

    Looking at the time Bach spent working in the German court at Cothen.

  6. Music for Ascension Day

    Music associated with Ascension Day, including works by Dufay, Biber and Rosenmuller.

  7. EBU Concert: Sara Mingardo and Rinaldo Alessandrini

    Contralto Sara Mingardo, with Rinaldo Alessandrini perform Italian baroque arias.

  8. Rachel Podger

    Violinist Rachel Podger discusses her career and her relationship with the baroque violin.

  9. Emilio's Wedding

    Catherine Bott explores Emilio de Cavalieri, famous for writing music for a lavish wedding

  10. Antonio Caldara

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

  11. Acis and Galatea

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

  12. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

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

  13. My Lady Rich

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

  14. Sacred Music: Tallis and Byrd in London

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

  15. Inspiring Lutenists

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

  16. Henry VIII

    Music from Henry VIII's manuscript

  17. Dufay's Europe

    A look at the career of composer Guillaume Dufay.

  18. The Duke of Chandos

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

  19. EBU: Ambronay Festival

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

  20. Music for Holy Saturday

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

  21. Stabat Mater

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

  22. Shakespeare and Music in the Time of Henry Purcell

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

  23. Music for the Annunciation

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

  24. Mouton

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

  25. Handel and Steffani in Hanover

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

  26. 01/03/2008

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

  27. Notre Dame and the Sorbonne

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

  28. The Development of the Parisian Chanson

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

  29. Le Concert Spirituel

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

  30. Lully's Paris

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

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