The Early Music Show

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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: Abel and Gainsborough

Abel and Gainsborough

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Abel and Gainsborough

The friendship between painter Thomas Gainsborough and viol player Carl Friedrich Abel.

Thomas Gainsborough was a keen viol player and friend of virtuoso Carl Abel. Lucie Skeaping chats to Richard Boothby about their relationship and the music that stemmed from it.

The painter Thomas Gainsborough was a keen viol player, whose teacher was the German-born, London-based Carl Friedrich Abel.  They struck up a firm friendship, and Abel is thought to have written a number of pieces for his enthusiastic pupil.  Lucie Skeaping chats to viol-player Richard Boothby about Abel and Gainsborough’s relationship and the music that stemmed from it.

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