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Rachel Podger: Lucie Skeaping meets violinist Rachel Podger, who reflects on her highly successful career to date and her relationship with the baroque violin.
Mark Seow explores the piece with which JS Bach exploded onto the musical scene in Leipzig on the first Sunday after Trinity in 1723 – Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV75. Show more
Lucie Skeaping and guest Andrew Cashner explore the life and works of one of colonial Latin America's greatest composers, Juan Gutierrez de Padilla. Show more
Paul Agnew conducts music associated with the underworld by Rebel, Purcell and Campra in a concert given by Les Arts Florissants at Vienna's Resonanzen Festival in January. Show more
Hannah French looks into the music behind Johann Sebastian Bach's Easter Oratorio, which was composed in Leipzig and first performed on Easter Sunday in 1725.
Mark Seow presents highlights of a concert given at the National Centre for Early Music by Spanish ensemble El Gran Teatro del Mundo, of music by Fasch, Vivaldi, Telemann and Pla. Show more
Lucie Skeaping presents a concert by Il Pomo d'Oro and mandolin player Raffaele La Ragione, featuring Baroque concertos from Venice and La Ragione's native city of Naples. Show more
A concert of C14th vocal music given by Sollazzo Ensemble at the 2022 Utrecht Early Music Festival, conceived as an aural panorama of medieval biblical frescoes and paintings. Show more
Lucie Skeaping celebrates the life of Clare Salaman, founder of the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, and champion of rare and exotic instruments like the trumpet marine. Show more
Lucie Skeaping on the life and career of the famous 18th-century castrato Caffarelli, for whom many composers created roles, including Handel, Porpora and Hasse. Show more
Looking ahead to European Early Music Day 2023, Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert given at the National Centre for Early Music in York by Spanish ensemble Cantoria. Show more
Lucie Skeaping introduces the first of two editions of the Early Music Show featuring highlights from last year’s London International Festival of Early Music. Show more
Hannah French chats to conductor Stephen Rice about his Oxford-based choir The Brabant Ensemble, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2023. Show more
Lucie Skeaping visits Handel & Hendrix in London, which reopens this month after 18 months of renovations - a museum that puts Handel's London home-life into colourful context. Show more
Lucie Skeaping charts the history of German art song, from its beginnings in the 12th century to the Renaissance, with music by Tannhäuser, Vogelweide, Wolkenstein and Isaac. Show more
Lucie Skeaping meets the singer-songwriters of 13th-century northern France, in conversation with medieval vocal music experts Joseph Mason and Meghan Quinlan. Show more
Lucie Skeaping presents a concert from Radio 3's New Generation Baroque Ensemble, Ensemble Moliere at the Beverley Early Music Festival, with music by Rameau, Couperin & Blavet. Show more