Ranked #1
Composer Profile: Johann Jakob Froberger
Composer Profile: Johann Jakob Froberger
Harpsichordist Sophie Yates looks at the life and music of the German keyboard virtuoso Johann Jakob Froberger, who was ... Read more
15 May 2016
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17mins
Ranked #2
Barbara Strozzi 400th anniversary
Barbara Strozzi 400th anniversary
Marking the 400th anniversary of her birth, Hannah French presents a profile of the extraordinary 17th-century singer an... Read more
10 Mar 2019
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24mins
Ranked #3
Debussy and Rameau
Debussy and Rameau
As part of the commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Debussy's death, Hannah French asks what it was about Ramea... Read more
18 Mar 2018
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22mins
Ranked #4
Couperin's keyboard
Couperin's keyboard
Lucie Skeaping talks to harpsichordist Carole Cerasi about the keyboard music of Francois Couperin, in the light of her ... Read more
29 Apr 2018
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33mins
Ranked #5
Bach's Art of Fugue
Bach's Art of Fugue
Lucie Skeaping takes expert advice from Simon Heighes to explore the background, purpose and music of JS Bach's last gre... Read more
16 Feb 2014
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23mins
Ranked #6
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
A profile of 18th-century French violinist and composer Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, who served King Louis XV, becoming one... Read more
19 May 2019
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14mins
Ranked #7
The Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League
Catherine Bott explores the history of the Hanseatic League and the impact that it had for music from the 13th to the 18... Read more
13 Feb 2012
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14mins
Ranked #8
Music in a cold climate
Music in a cold climate
Lucie Skeaping talks to cornett player Gawain Glenton about the history of the Hanseatic League - a trade route that dev... Read more
3 Jun 2018
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30mins
Ranked #9
Hampton Court and Edward VI
Hampton Court and Edward VI
Lucie Skeaping visits Hampton Court Palace to find out about the music written during the short, but eventful reign of K... Read more
11 Jan 2015
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31mins
Ranked #10
Dufay's Europe
Dufay's Europe
Guillaume Dufay was one of the most famous and successful composers of the mid 15th century. Born in Cambrai in what is ... Read more
1 Jun 2014
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18mins
Ranked #11
Episode 2
Episode 2
As part of the Piano Season on the BBC, Lucie Skeaping presents the second of two programmes about the development of th... Read more
17 Oct 2012
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16mins
Ranked #12
Episode 1
Episode 1
As part of the Piano Season on the BBC, Lucie Skeaping presents the first of two programmes about the development of the... Read more
13 Oct 2012
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20mins
Ranked #13
Jean-Philippe Rameau and the Dance
Jean-Philippe Rameau and the Dance
In the second of our three programmes marking the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean Philippe Rameau, Sophie Yates v... Read more
17 Aug 2014
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30mins
Ranked #14
The Return of the Nyckelharpa
The Return of the Nyckelharpa
The multi-instrumentalist Clare Salaman presents a programme all about a once popular early instrument with Swedish orig... Read more
2 Mar 2014
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14mins
Ranked #15
CPE Bach in Hamburg
CPE Bach in Hamburg
Piers Adams celebrates CPE Bach's 300th anniversary year with a visit to the city of Hamburg, where the 54-year-old Eman... Read more
22 Oct 2014
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31mins
Ranked #16
The Passacaglia
The Passacaglia
Lucie Skeaping traces the history and development of the dance-based form, from its origins in Iberian street music to t... Read more
5 Mar 2012
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13mins
Ranked #17
Episode 1
Episode 1
In the first of two tribute programmes to the late Frans Bruggen, the recorder player Piers Adams reflects on Bruggen's ... Read more
16 Nov 2014
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22mins