Saturday
Lucie Skeaping presents the first of two Early Music Shows this weekend focusing on music from Wales. Today, highlights of a concert of Monteverdi madrigals given by the acclaimed Italian vocal ensemble La Venexiana as part of this year's Gregynog Festival
This is the concert mentioned in this thread.
Sunday
Catherine Bott looks at the tradition of music making pre-1700 in Wales with a feature on the 17th century Robert ap Huw manuscript - one of the most important collections of Welsh early music. With contributions from Bangor University's Sally Harper, and harpists Bill Taylor and Paul Dooley
Also in CD Review: 9.05
Handel’s instrumental works, Charpentier and other goodies
Plus Sunday Concert: 2.00
From this year's City of London Festival, and taking its cue from the festival theme Trading Places With the World, Catherine Bott presents a programme of baroque choral, instrumental and organ music from the cities of the great commercial, economic and trading partnership known as the Hanseatic League. Recorded in St Giles' Church, Cripplegate, London
BBC Singers,
St James's Baroque,
Iain Farrington organ,
David Hill conductor
Lucie Skeaping presents the first of two Early Music Shows this weekend focusing on music from Wales. Today, highlights of a concert of Monteverdi madrigals given by the acclaimed Italian vocal ensemble La Venexiana as part of this year's Gregynog Festival
This is the concert mentioned in this thread.
Sunday
Catherine Bott looks at the tradition of music making pre-1700 in Wales with a feature on the 17th century Robert ap Huw manuscript - one of the most important collections of Welsh early music. With contributions from Bangor University's Sally Harper, and harpists Bill Taylor and Paul Dooley
Also in CD Review: 9.05
Handel’s instrumental works, Charpentier and other goodies
Plus Sunday Concert: 2.00
From this year's City of London Festival, and taking its cue from the festival theme Trading Places With the World, Catherine Bott presents a programme of baroque choral, instrumental and organ music from the cities of the great commercial, economic and trading partnership known as the Hanseatic League. Recorded in St Giles' Church, Cripplegate, London
BBC Singers,
St James's Baroque,
Iain Farrington organ,
David Hill conductor
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