Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

The Early Music Show

Music: Classical: Early Music

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: Passions on the Death of Prince Henry

Passions on the Death of Prince Henry

04/11/2012

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Passions on the Death of Prince Henry

Catherine Bott presents music sung by Gallicantus, written on the death of Prince Henry.

Catherine Bott introduces vocal music written as an outpouring of grief on the death of Prince Henry, the elder son of James I of England, after he died suddenly at the age of 18.

400 years ago Prince Henry, the elder son of James I of England, died at the age of 18 after contracting typhoid he developed after an ill-advised dip in the River Thames. There was a national outpouring of grief and many composers wrote musical tributes, including several settings of the text 'When David Heard'. Catherine Bott introduces some of this music, performed by the vocal ensemble Gallicantus and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, under director Gabriel Crouch, recorded earlier this year at the York Early Music Festival.

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.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Early Music Show

Passions on the Death of Prince Henry

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3