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| Early Music Show, The | ...CHRISTOPHER PAGE (conductor)... |
| Magnificat | ...Mary's song of praise on hearing that she was to give birth to the Son of God would have had many layers of meaning to Bach and his family. A range of distinguished performers and historians, including Emma Kirkby, Laurence Dreyfus, Eamon Duffy and CHRISTOPHER PAGE reflect.... |
| Music Machine | ...Tommy Pearson talks to Catherine Bott about the time when composers first started putting expression on paper. Early in the 17th century, Mazzocchi was the first to use `piano' and `forte' markings in his madrigals. / Tommy Pearson talks to CHRISTOPHER PAGE about the time when composers first started putting expression on paper. Early in the 15th century, Mazzocchi was the first to use `piano' and `forte' markings in his madrigals.... |
| Music Of The Black Death | ...... |
| Silence Of The Desert, The | ...In the first of three interval features on the sounds of silence, CHRISTOPHER PAGE evokes the lost silences of the medieval world and the silence of spirituality... |
| Sound Stories | ...With Donald Macleod. 1: The First Crusade recaptured the Holy City of Jerusalem exactly 900 years ago and in so doing sent a shock wave across the Middle East. An early Verdi opera adds a love interest to the story. Music includes: Anon: La ultime estampie royale. Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow. Anon: Jerusalem accipitur. Gothic Voices/CHRISTOPHER PAGE. Verdi: i Lombardi (excs). June Anderson (soprano), Richard Leech (tenor), Samuel Ramey (bass), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/James Levine. Hildegard of Bingen: O Jerusalem. Catherine King (alto).... |
| Year 1000, The | ...With CHRISTOPHER PAGE and Andy Orchard ... |