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The Early Music Show

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Mr and Mrs Hasse. The programme profiles
German-born composer Johann Adolf Hasse , who married the celebrated mezzo
Faustina Bordoni. Hasse enjoyed great success both at home in Germany and in Italy, but his reputation was short-lived. Lucie Skeaping plays chamber, vocal and orchestral music by Hasse, and recounts some tales of his wife's reputation in the opera house. Producer Rebecca Bean

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Mrs Hasse.
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Johann Adolf Hasse
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Faustina Bordoni.
Producer:
Rebecca Bean
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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