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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: Ensemble Turicum at the 2013 Zurich Early Music Festival

02/02/2014

Ensemble Turicum at the 2013 Zurich Early Music Festival

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Ensemble Turicum at the 2013 Zurich Early Music Festival

Sacred music by the 18th-century Portuguese composer Marcos Antonio Portugal.

Lucie Skeaping introduces sacred music by the 18th-century Portuguese composer Marcos Antonio Portugal, performed by Ensemble Turicum at the 2013 Festival Alte Musik Zurich.

Lucie Skeaping is joined in the studio by Portuguese music expert António Jorge Marques to introduce sacred music by the 18th-century composer Marcos António Portugal, including his Missa a quatro in F and movements from his Vésperas de Nossa Senhora. The performers are Ensemble Turicum, recorded at the 2013 Festival Alte Musik Zurich.

Portugal: Dixit Dominus (Vésperas de Nossa Senhora)
Portugal: Magnificat (Vésperas de Nossa Senhora)
Portugal: Missa a quatro in F

Ensemble Turicum
Mathias Weibel and Luiz Alves da Silva (directors)

Recorded in September at St Peter's Church, Zurich, as part of the 2013 Festival Alte Musik Zurich.

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