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The Early Music Show

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Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: The Golden Three

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The Golden Three

02/04/2011

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, The Golden Three

Lucie Skeaping presents music from the 18th century Russian imperial court.

Lucie Skeaping presents music from the 18th century Russian imperial court, including chamber music and choruses by the so-called Golden Three - Berezovsky, Bortniansky and Vedel.

Music at the Russian Imperial Court in the mid 18th century was largely provided by itinerant Italian masters like Paisiello, Galuppi & Manfredini, but by the end of the century a group of three talented Ukrainians began to take St Petersburg by storm. Maxim Berezovsky, Artemy Vedel and Dimitri Bortniansky became known as The Golden Three, and provided four successive monarchs with chamber music, choruses and operatic entertainments. Lucie Skeaping looks at the lives and music of these three, now uncelebrated composers, alongside the music of some of their western European teachers.

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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