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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: Christophe Rousset at the Edinburgh Festival

Christophe Rousset at the Edinburgh Festival

31/08/2013

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Christophe Rousset at the Edinburgh Festival

Lucie Skeaping presents Christophe Rousset playing instruments in St Cecilia's Hall Museum

Lucie Skeaping presents world-renowned harpsichord virtuoso Christophe Rousset in a concert showcasing the instruments preserved in Edinburgh's St Cecilia's Hall Museum.

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights from a concert recorded at the Edinburgh International Festival. World-renowned harpsichord virtuoso Christophe Rousset showcases the magnificent instruments preserved in Edinburgh's St Cecilia's Hall Museum with a programme of music by Purcell, Couperin, Rameau, and Froberger. The instruments, some more than 400 years old, are often as spectacular to look at as they are to listen to. Rousset performs music that historically may have been played on them, revealing how developments in instrument design and in musical style are often interlinked.

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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