The Medici Popes - Part 2: The most unfortunate of Popes
Hannah French with the second of two programmes exploring the lives of two 16th Century Popes: Leo X and Clement VII, and the music that sur...
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The Early Music Show
An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition both in Britain and abroad
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20 of 365 episodesThe Medici Popes - Part 1: Cousins in arms
In this first of two programmes, Hannah French explores the lives of two 16th Century Popes: Leo X and Clement VII, and the music that surro...
The Four Seasons: Autumn
In the last of four programmes across 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French exp...
The Four Seasons: Spring
In the second of four programmes across 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French e...
The Four Seasons: Summer
In the third of four programmes across 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French ex...
London International Festival of Early Music
Hannah French presents highlights of last November's London International Festival of Early Music. There's music by Corelli from the young K...
The Four Seasons: Winter
In the first of four programmes across 2025 marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French ex...
Radio 3's European Road Trip: Early Music in Iceland
As part of Radio 3's European Road Trip, Hannah French is joined by musicologist and conductor Árni Heimir Ingólfsson to explore early Icela...
The Music of Wolf Hall
Hannah French visits Claire van Kampen - the Tudor music advisor & arranger for both Wolf Hall TV series - to explore the music associated w...
Ton Koopman at 80
Hannah is joined in the studio by organist and director of Amsterdam Baroque as he celebrates his 80th birthday this year. They'll chat abou...
The Notre-Dame School and its musical legacy
As the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris reopens its doors to the public after more than five years since fire caused its closure, Hannah Fre...
Gold
In honour of the Paris Olympics, Hannah French explores medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music associated with gold, silver and bronze acro...
London International Festival of Early Music
Hannah French presents the second of two programmes of highlights from the 2023 London International Festival of Early Music, today focusing...
London International Festival of Early Music
Hannah French presents the first of two programmes of highlights from the 2023 London International Festival of Early Music, including perfo...
John Wilbye's madrigals
Hannah French explores the life and music of John Wilbye, the most famous of the English madrigalists. Wilbye's fame rests almost entirely o...
Ensemble Augelletti - A Curious MInd
For their first visit to the Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival, Ensemble Augelletti - the newly appointed BBC New Generation Bar...
The Rise and Fall of JB Lully
Hannah French is joined in the Early Music Show studio by musicologists Berta Joncus and Lola Salem to explore the life and career of Jean-B...
Silver
In honour of the Paris Olympics, Hannah French explores medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music associated with gold, silver and bronze acro...
Bronze
In honour of the Paris Olympics, Hannah French explores medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music associated with gold, silver and bronze acro...
Matthias Weckman
Lucie Skeaping looks at the life and music of German organist and composer Matthias Weckmann, who died 350 years ago this month.
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