The Early Music Show

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

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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: Johann Christoph Pepusch

Johann Christoph Pepusch

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Johann Christoph Pepusch

The extraordinary life and music of Johann Christoph Pepusch.

Johann Christoph Pepusch found fame with his music for John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera, but as Lucie Skeaping discovers, there were many more strings to his bow than that.

German-born Johann Christoph Pepusch spent much of his career working in London, where he founded the Academy of Ancient Music and found fame with his music for John Gay’s “Beggar’s Opera”. Lucie Skeaping talks to Robert Rawson of Canterbury Christ Church University about the extraordinary life and music of this now-neglected 18th-century composer.


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