The Early Music Show Episodes Episode guide
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Thomas Weelkes
Performance and news from the world of Early Music.
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Early Music Today
Performance and news from the world of Early Music.
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The music of Madrid
Music and composers from the city of Madrid.
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A plague on both your houses
Music in the time of plague.
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Music in Le Marais
Music from 18th Century Paris
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The Pied Piper
The art and legacy of David Munrow.
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Easter: A Seasonal Journey... Paschal Plainchant
Hannah French explores the use of plainchant in works written for Easter.
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Echoes
Music inspired by the subject of echoes... in myth and in science.
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Early Music Today
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Pioneering women in early music
For International Women's Day - a focus on the leading lights of the early music revival.
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The Blow Torch
Hannah French visits St Paul's Cathedral in London to explore the legacy of John Blow.
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Dowland in Denmark
Hannah French explores the period of John Dowland's service to the King of Denmark.
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Christ Church 500
Hannah French visits Christ Church College in Oxford, which was founded in 1525.
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Brandenburgs old and new
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Hesperion XXI - the Golden Age of European Consort Music
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Happy New Year - 18th Century German style
German cantatas to usher in the new year.
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The Spohr Collection
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Christmas with Handel
A festive visit to London's Handel Hendrix House.
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Esteban Salas - Christmas in Cuba
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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The Early Opera Company
Hannah French chats to the director of The Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn.
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Utrecht Early Music Festival 2025
Hannah French presents highlights from the 2025 Utrecht Early Music Festival.
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The Brook Street Band at Love:Handel
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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Portuguese Polyphony
Renaissance choral works from Portugal.
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Palestrina Rediscovered
Hannah French explores some modern rediscoveries of Palestrina's music with Graham Ross.
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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Acland Burghley School
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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The Four Seasons: Autumn
Hannah French explores the world of Autumn from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
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Early Music Today
Performance and news from the world of early music.
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The Medici Popes - Part 2: The most unfortunate of Popes
The music surrounding two 16th Century Popes: Leo X and Clement VII.
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The Medici Popes - Part 1: Cousins in arms
The music surrounding two 16th Century Popes: Leo X and Clement VII.
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Women in the Old Testament
Hannah French with music inspired by Biblical women Eve, Judith and Bathsheba.