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| Acis And Galatea | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks in detail at one of Handel's most popular and enduring works. With excerpts from recordings conducted by Trevor Pinnock, John Eliot Gardiner and Adrian Boult.... |
| Alessandro Scarlatti - The Sicilian Godfather Of The Oratorio | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks at the life of the Sicilian born composer, and some of the music he composed for oratorios during the early part of the 18th century.... |
| All The Rage | ...The 1720s were a time of corruption and satire. In the first of a four-part series, David Owen Norris and guests explore how the decade was reflected in popular songs, performed by LUCIE SKEAPING ... |
| Anna Magdalena Notebook, The | ...A look at the life of Johann Sebastian Bach's second wife, Anna Magdalena Wilcke. She married Bach when she was 20 and the following year Bach compiled his celebrated Anna Magdalena Notebook for her. So, wonders LUCIE SKEAPING, what was it like to be Anna Magdalena?... |
| Bach Christmas, A | Cast and Crew |
| Bach To The Future | ...It is clear from record sales and concert programming alone that the legacy of Early Music still resonates through the musical world today. But what of the contemporary music scene? LUCIE SKEAPING takes a look at the works of contemporary composers who have used Early Music pieces as their muse.... |
| Battle Music | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores composititions with a battle theme. It is no wonder that 17th century composers were fascinated by warfare: the Thirty Years War is perhaps what fired the imagination of Biber in his Battalia. Including works by Schmelzer, Scheidt and Janequin.... |
| Battle Of Britain 50th Anniversary | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores composititions with a battle theme. It is no wonder that 17th century composers were fascinated by warfare: the Thirty Years War is perhaps what fired the imagination of Biber in his Battalia. Including works by Schmelzer, Scheidt and Janequin.... |
| Bbc Proms 2004 | ...Presented by LUCIE SKEAPING.... |
| Beggars, Ballads And A Brouhaha! | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks at the inspiration, background and impact of John Gay's celebrated Beggar's Opera which first performed in London in 1728 as a reaction to the excesses and pretensions of fashionable Italian opera.... |
| Birds In Medieval Music | ...The medieval world was laden with symbolism in both religious and secular life, with much being made of the significance of nature. LUCIE SKEAPING takes a look at the ways that birds were symbolised and represented in medieval music.... |
| Black Mozart | ...On Christmas Day 1739 in Guadeloupe, a child was born to a rich colonist and his negress slave mistress. This child was Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint George, who rose through Eighteenth-century aristocratic circles to become one of the most fascinating and respected figures in the Paris musical scene. LUCIE SKEAPING looks at some of the music written by this mixed-race misfit, who came to become one of the most remarkable figures in the Age of Enlightenment.... |
| Chaucer Weekend | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores Chaucer and the music connected with his works. Chaucer was influenced by French lyric forms in music and owed much in particular to Guillaume de Machaut.... |
| Children Of The Revolution | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks at the music of the French Revolution and those who lived and worked in Paris through the years of terror at the end of the 18th century.... |
| Composer Profile - Torelli | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a programme of music by the 17th century Italian composer and virtuoso violinist Giuseppe Torelli. Most famous for his trumpet concertos, Torelli also wrote many pieces for his own instrument and was at the forefront of the early development of the concerto grosso.... |
| Concerto Copenhagen | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights of a concert given at Copenhagen's Garrison Church in April. Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen, English violinist John Holloway and Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden perform works from the French and Italian Baroque repertoire, including pieces by Couperin, Boismortier, Corelli, Vivaldi and Veracini.... |
| Curtals, Dulcians, Fagotts And Bassoons | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks at how the bassoon developed from its forerunner - the curtal, dulcian or bajon, with the help of experts Maggie Kilbey and Andrew Watts. The programme includes music by Schutz, Salazar, Bertoli, Padilla, Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann.... |
| Double Dutch | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores the continuing tradition of Dutch and Flemish musical excellence through the late 16th and early 17th centuries. With music from Tielman Susato, Orlando de Lassus, Philippe de Monte and the great organ master Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck.... |
| Early Music Show, The | ...Catherine Bott and LUCIE SKEAPING delve into the world of early music, exploring developments in the performance of early music both here and abroad.... |
| Ebu - Ambronay Festival | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights of a concert given in the Abbey in Ambronay last September, with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, under Stephen Cleobury and Florilegium under Ashley Solomon performing works by Handel and Purcell.... |
| Ebu Concert | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights of a concert given earlier this year at the Vienna Konzerthaus, featuring contralto Sara Mingardo and harpsichord player Rinaldo Alessandrini performing a programme of Italian baroque arias.... |
| Ebu Haydn Day - Hungary | ...... |
| Ebu Resonanzen Festival 2007 | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights of an all-Vivaldi concert given by Les Arts Florissants and directed by Paul Agnew in Vienna's Mozart Hall.... |
| Edinburgh International Festival 2008 | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights of a concert of Corsican vocal polyphony performed by A Cumpagnia, recorded in Greyfriars Kirk at this year's Edinburgh International Festival.... |
| Evolution Of Theatre Music - Precursors Of Opera, The | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks back at the early secular and sacred theatre works - some of the earliest precursors of Opera, from Ancient Greek reconstructions to Hildegard of Bingen and the 12th century Play of Daniel, a complete performance of which you can hear in tomorrow's Early Music Show.... |
| Feast Of Fools | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks back to the period between Christmas and Epiphany during the Middle Ages, traditionally a time of mockery, parody and foolery.... |
| Feast Of Orpheus | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks back to the Middle Ages and the period between Christmas and Epiphany, when the world was turned on its side, a time of parody and foolery.... |
| Follow The Lieder | ...From its emergence in the 14th Century through the Reformation, LUCIE SKEAPING studies the early stages of the German Lied, and some of the composers who helped to develop this important genre. With music by Oswald von Wolkenstein, Adam vond Fulda, Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl.... |
| Francois Couperin's Pieces De Clavecin | ...LUCIE SKEAPING is joined by author and harpsichordist Jane Clark for a focus on some of the greatest keyboard music of the French baroque.... |
| Godfather Of Hamburg - Telemann, The | ...LUCIE SKEAPING considers the extent of Telemann's influence on his two composer godsons, CPE Bach and Georg Philipp Kress. Featuring chamber music by all three composers.... |
| Godfather Of Hamburg, The | ...Despite having several children, none of Telemann's heirs, except a grandson, went on to become musicians. Telemann was, though, godfather to two composers, CPE Bach and Georg Philipp Kress. LUCIE SKEAPING features chamber music from Telemann and his two composer godsons, and considers the extent of Telemann's influence on them.... |
| Great Fire Of London, The | ...The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed four fifths of England's capital, laying waste to 87 churches and 13,200 houses along with countless books and manuscripts. LUCIE SKEAPING looks at the music of the city from composers who were living in London at the time of the catastrophe.... |
| Handel And Steffani In Hanover | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores Handel's time in Germany and his relationship with Agostino Steffani, his predecessor as musical director in Hanover. With music from a concert featuring Sophie Daneman, Robin Blaze and Peter Seymour given at last year's York Early Music Festival.... |
| Henry Viii | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a selection of secular music from the so-called Henry VIII Manuscript. Henry VIII was one of the most remarkable and formidable English monarchs, but the portrayal of Henry as a cantankerous despot has outshone the image of the youthful Henry who was devoted to sports and the arts.... |
| Hey-nonny-nonny And Fa-la-la | ...LUCIE SKEAPING examines the history of sex in music, from the marching songs of Roman soldiers to the explicit lyrics of today's popular music.... |
| How Opera Arrived In The New World | ...In the first of this weekend's two programmes about Opera's arrival in Latin America, LUCIE SKEAPING explores the develoment of music in the New World from before the Spanish colonisation of c1514 until 1701, when the first opera was premiered in Peru.... |
| Jewish Musicians At The English Court | ...LUCIE SKEAPING introduces highlights from a concert given at the 2006 Bath Festival by Fretwork, which explores music created by Jewish immigrants for the English Court during the 16th century.... |
| John Rich | ...LUCIE SKEAPING talks to Jeremy Barlow about the contribution to London's theatrical world of John Rich, one of the city's most celebrated impresarios and entertainers. His career highlights include the staging of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and his work with Handel whose opera company he housed in Covent Garden.... |
| La Istoria De Purim | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights from a concert given by Ensemble Lucidarium at the 2007 York Early Music Festival. The programme explores the musical world of the Jews of 16th century Italy, a colourful mixture of dances and stories sung in Italian, Hebrew, Catalan and Yiddish.... |
| L'arpeggiata At The Lufthansa Festival | ...Christina Pluhar brings her international band of early music virtuosi to London, with a programme of Boleros, Fandangos and Ciacconas from the Old and New Worlds. She talks to LUCIE SKEAPING about their fascinating mix of music.... |
| Lost Recorder, The | ...When young Carl Dolmetsch lost his father's treasured old recorder at Waterloo station in 1919, no-one could have foreseen how such a calamity would be turned to the advantage of generations of schoolchildren and music lovers all over the world. LUCIE SKEAPING tells the story.... |
| Lufthansa Festival Of Baroque Music 2005 | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a special Early Music concert given by Ricordo as part of this year's Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music at St John's, Smith Square in LONDON. The theme of the concert is the Grand Tour and features music by Corelli, Locatelli, Leclair and De Visee.... |
| Lufthansa Festival | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a concert recorded earlier this month from the Lufthansa Festival given by Le Poeme Harmonique, which includes traditional carnival songs and commedia from Italy in the 17th century.... |
| Lully - The Bohemian Connection | ...LUCIE SKEAPING and Emma Murphy explore Lully's profound influence on music in Bohemia and composers such as George Muffat and Johann Caspar Gerdinand Fischer. We'll hear suites by both composers as well as music by Lully himself, all performed by Ensemble Tourbillon, directed by Petr Wagner.... |
| Lully's Paris | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores Parisian locations associated with Jean-Baptiste Lully.... |
| Lutheran Vespers For Christmas | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a programme of music recorded for The Early Music Show by the BBC Singers with organist Iain Farrington.... |
| Made In Britain | ...LUCIE SKEAPING launches the Early Music Show's month-long Made in Britain series with a live concert from Uppingham School in Rutland.... |
| Magdalena | ...LUCIE SKEAPING introduces a concert given at the York Early Music Festival by the ensemble Joglaresa. The group presented a portrait in medieval song of Mary Magdalene.... |
| Mandolin, The | ...The instrument has a history stretching back over 400 years and has always been popular for informal music-making. LUCIE SKEAPING talks to mandolin player Alison Stephens, who traces the instrument's journey from its Medieval and Renaissance ancestors. Music includes works by Vivaldi, Domenico Scarlatti and Leone.... |
| Mastersingers Of Nuremberg, The | ...Immortalised by Wagner in his famous opera, LUCIE SKEAPING looks back on the life and music of the real Hans Sachs and his fellow Mastersingers in 17th-century Germany.... |
| Medea | ...LUCIE SKEAPING studies the story of Medea in all its horrific glory, and illustrates the tale with musical examples from Baroque and Classical opera, cantata and melodrama. Jiri Antonin Benda: Medea (extract) Hertha Schell (Medea) Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda (conductor) Clérambault: Médée (extract) Julianne Baird (soprano) American Baroque Stephen Schultz (director) Caldara: Medea in Corinto Gérard Lesne (countertenor) Il Seminario musicale Charpentier: Medea Acts IV & V (extracts) Lorraine Hunt (Medea) Mark Padmore (Jason) Monique Zanetti (Creusa) Isabelle Desrochers (Cléone).... |
| Medieval Dance | ...LUCIE SKEAPING talks to William Lyons from the Dufay Collective about the little known world of Medieval Dance, from the few surviving examples in this country, to the broader picture across Europe.... |
| Mr And Mrs Hasse | ...Hasse enjoyed great success both at home in Germany and in Italy, but this was short lived. LUCIE SKEAPING plays chamber, vocal and orchestral music by Hasse, and recounts tales of his diva-wife's behaviour in the opera house.... |
| Music For A While | ...Six musicians explore treasures at leading British musical museums or collections. 4: LUCIE SKEAPING explores instruments from around the world at London's Horniman Museum, bequeathed to the capital by tea merchant Frederick Horniman in 1901.... |
| Music For The Founding Fathers | ...... |
| Music From Queen Anne's London | ...LUCIE SKEAPING reflects on the thriving musical culture of London at the start of the 18th Century, when the city attracted players and composers from all over Europe. Music includes works by Henry Purcell's younger brother Daniel, Gottfried Finger and John Eccles.... |
| Music Machine | ...The Sephardim is the branch of the Jewish diaspora that came from Spain, and it has a particularly rich musical history. Verity Sharp talks to LUCIE SKEAPING about the wealth of music and songs from this tradition.... |
| Music Restored | ...LUCIE SKEAPING, in conversation with Colin Lawson, investigates the development of the clarinet, from its folk origins through its introduction into art music at the beginning of the 18th century by Johann Denner, to the development into the orchestral instrument we know today.... |
| Musical Day In The Life Of Louis Xiv, A | ...LUCIE SKEAPING recreates a possible day in the life of King Louis XIV.... |
| My Lady Rich | ...LUCIE SKEAPING talks to singer Emily van Evera about her new disc My Lady Rich, named after Penelope Rich, one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting and sister to the Queen's favoured Earl of Essex. It's said that this 'heart-stealing goddess' was a muse to poets and musicians alike, and inspired music by the finest composers of Elizabethan England.... |
| My Mistress Music | ...LUCIE SKEAPING and guests explore the lives of five notorious mistresses whose talents and accomplishments went far beyond their sex appeal. 1: `Nell Gwyn'. Her star quality on the all-singing, all-dancing Restoration stage captivated the King of England. With Roger Savage, Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson.... |
| Never The Twain Shall Meet | ...From Greek music theory to wandering minstrels, and poetic song-forms to filigree melodies, LUCIE SKEAPING surveys the musical legacy of this lively contact, visiting medieval dance-music, Sephardic song and plainchant along the way.... |
| Old Wine In New Bottles | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks at how early music is sometimes re-fashioned to suit alternative tastes; and profiles one of England's more unusual early music composers, Giles Farnaby.... |
| Palace Of Versailles, The | ...LUCIE SKEAPING and Catherine Bott visit the Palace of Versailles to learn about its transformation from a humble hunting lodge into one of Europe's most impressive royal residences.... |
| Performance On 3 | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a concert performance of Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. It's a miniature opera in all but name which the composer wrote during his stay in Italy, in 1708, for the Duke of Alvito's wedding. Ten years later Handel recast the work in the more familiar ENGLISH setting of Acis and Galatea. The story is taken from Ovid's Metamorphosis in which the lovelorn cyclops Polyphemus jealously destroys the happiness of the sea nymph who spurns him and her shepherd lover Acis. The concert was recorded last month at St George's BRISTOL.... |
| Performer Profile | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a profile of viola player and musical director, Jordi Savall, who, with his wife Monserrat Figueras, has founded three ensembles: Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations. Lucie plays music from his numerous recordings, including works by Juan del Encina, Francisco Guerrero and Biber.... |
| Phantasm Profile | ...LUCIE SKEAPING talks to Laurence Dreyfus, founder/director of the viol consort Phantasm. They discuss, among other things, the group's distinctive sound, and some of their arrangements of keyboard works by Bach and sacred music by Byrd.... |
| Philip Ii And Mary Tudor | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents music from both the courts of Philip II of Spain and Mary Tudor.... |
| Rachel Podger | ...LUCIE SKEAPING meets violinist Rachel Podger, who reflects on her highly successful career to date and her relationship with the baroque violin.... |
| Renaissance Dance Music | ...LUCIE SKEAPING is joined by dance historian Barbara Segal to discuss the finer points of Renaissance Terpsichore. European theatrical extravaganzas, Italian Intermedi, French Ballet de Cour and English Masques swirl effortlessly alongside traditional Branles and even Morris Dances.... |
| Schutz In Venice And Dresden | ...LUCIE SKEAPING explores the years Heinrich Schutz spent in Venice and Dresden. Music includes some of his earliest work and a set of madrigals as well as excerpts from the Psalmen David and the 1625 Cantiones Sacrae.... |
| Sixteen, A Choral Pilgrimage - Music From The Sistine Chapel, The | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents highlights of a concert given by The Sixteen under their director Harry Christophers at York Minster as part of the York Early Music Festival. The music all comes from the Vatican library and includes works by Anerio, Palestrina and Allegri.... |
| Sounds From The Seabed | ...LUCIE SKEAPING traces the story of how the musical instruments that went down with the Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, have been salvaged and replicated.... |
| Through The Seasons | ...Since their discovery, the history of these concerti have been as much about the performance as the music. LUCIE SKEAPING looks at some of the many recordings of the work, and examines through them how performances of the pieces have changed over the decades.... |
| Trio Mediaeval | ...LUCIE SKEAPING introduces highlights of a concert of Norwegian folk music given a distinctive spin by Trio Mediaeval.... |
| Tutti Lutie | ...LUCIE SKEAPING journeys both East and West to explore the surprisingly exotic lute family tree. She touches down in Iran and Greece en route to India and finds out whether instrumental blood really is thicker than water.... |
| Utrecht Early Music Festival 2008 | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a programme of highlights from the 2008 Utrecht Festival. With young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico performing motets inspired by the words of the Song of Songs as well as works by Guerrero, Victoria and Gombert.... |
| Versailles And Paris Month | ...LUCIE SKEAPING launches BBC Radio 3's focus throughout February on music from Paris and Versailles with an exploration of France's continuing rediscovery of its own baroque music.... |
| Viol Consort, The | ...LUCIE SKEAPING talks to Ian Gammie from the English Consort of Viols about the revival of the viol consort in the 20th century. The programme includes pieces by John Jenkins, Gibbons, Purcell and Christopher Tye ... |
| Written In Their Spare Time | ...LUCIE SKEAPING looks at music composed by the musicians of St Mark's in the 16th and 17th centuries written to be performed outside of the church.... |
| Written To Death | ...LUCIE SKEAPING examines music composed by the musicians of St Mark's in the 16th and 17th centuries to be performed outside the church.... |
| York Early Music Festival 2008 | ...LUCIE SKEAPING considers the life and work of Johann Rosenmuller, a composer whose musical talents were much admired in his lifetime. Featuring a performance of his Requiem from York Minster, with Musica Fiata under Roland Wilson.... |
| Your Favourite Baroque Aria | ...LUCIE SKEAPING presents a live and interactive edition of the programme featuring listeners' requests, from the well known to the more obscure.... |