Early Music Show
Summary: An edited podcastable version of BBC Radio 3’s weekly exploration of the early music world introduced by Lucie Skeaping. Broadcast each Sunday from 2.00-3.00. For regulatory reasons, most classical music podcasts offered by the BBC are only permitted to contain limited musical extracts.
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On 14 May 1610, France fell into a month and a half of mourning. Le bon roi Henri - King Henri IV of France - was dead. Catherine Bott explores the life and background of one of France’s most notable monarchs - the King they called the Green Gallant - within the context of the native music which accompanied both his life and his death.
Tomás Luis de Victoria, one of the greatest Spanish composers of Church music, died in August 1611; all his compositions are vocal, sacred and in Latin. Although he was not as prolific as some of his contemporaries, Victoria is now generally regarded as a major figure of the Renaissance, his music characterised by its profound emotional intensity. Catherine Bott celebrates the genius of his life and music, in this, his anniversary year.
George Frideric Handel composed his moving 'Easter Oratorio' - La Resurrezione - in his early twenties during his formative years in Rome. First heard on Easter Day 1708, in a gala performance at the opulent Ruspoli Palace, it boasted the finest musicians the city could offer, including an orchestra led by Archangelo Corelli. La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) is a dramatic recollection of events following Christ's crucifixion. Lucie Skeaping relates the background and story of this youthful Handelian masterpiece, and illustrates the programme with a cross-section of performances taken from CD.
Thomas Coryate was an eccentric 17th Century English traveller and the man credited with having introduced the table fork and the umbrella to England. His remarkable journey to Venice and back - on foot - prompted an astonishing collection of travel writing giving us a wonderful picture of his times, and not least some colourful descriptions of Venetian music making during the renaissance. Catherine Bott meets Coryate enthusiast, Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for a portrait of Coryate and his writings.
