The Early Music Show

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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: Carnevale: Venice and Vino

Lassus and Wine - Part 1

Carnevale: Venice and Vino

BBC Radio 3 - The Early Music Show, Carnevale: Venice and Vino

Hannah French and wine historian Ron Merlino explore Venetian music associated with wine.

Hannah French and New York-based historian Ron Merlino explore Venetian music specifically associated with wine and the wine trade, a mainstay of 17th-century Venice's economy.

New York-based wine historian Ron Merlino joins Hannah French to explore the Carnevale season in Baroque Venice. There's music specifically associated with wine, and the wine trade - a mainstay of the 17th-century Venetian economy.

Hannah will be tasting three white wine varieties intrinsically linked to music by Cavalli, Monteverdi, Pallavicino and Cesti.

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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