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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: Sounds of Shakespeare

Sounds of Shakespeare

23/04/2016

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Sounds of Shakespeare

Soprano Ruby Hughes and lutenist Jon Nordberg perform music from the time of Shakespeare.

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon, soprano Ruby Hughes and lutenist Jon Nordberg perform music from the time of Shakespeare, including John Dowland and Robert Johnson.

Lucie Skeaping introduces soprano Ruby Hughes and lute player Jon Nordberg in a 16th century recital specially created for today, Lute songs and Pavans in Shakespeare?s England. Includes works by John Dowland and Robert Johnson. Live from the Royal Shakespeare's Company's The Other Place theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as part of Radio 3's Sounds of Shakespeare weekend.

BBC Radio 3 is marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare with a season celebrating the four centuries of music and performance that his plays and sonnets have inspired. Over the anniversary weekend, from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th April, Radio 3 will broadcast live from a pop-up studio at the RSC's The Other Place Theatre and other historic venues across Stratford-upon-Avon.

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