Saturday
Lucie Skeaping explores the wedding of Princess Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, which took place in Whitehall 400 years ago this Valentine's Day. The celebrations were organised by Sir Francis Bacon, and included over a week of lavish entertainments including music by, among others Robert Johnson, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Campion and John Coperario, their contributions heard alongside popular ballads, catches and toe-tapping dance tunes with John Donne waxing lyrical: 'Since thou dost this day in new glory shine, may all men date Records from this thy Valentine'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qqf4c
An honourably guest: Sir Hubert Parry
Sunday
Catherine Bott and harpsichordist Fabio Bonizzoni, probe the celebrated Toccatas and Partitas for keyboard by the highly influential late renaissance composer, Girolamo Frescobaldi.
Fabio Bonizzoni has recently recorded the Toccatas and Partitas on disc, to great acclaim. In his opinion these are Frescobaldi's masterpieces, a series of pictures in music. "Each piece", says Bonizzoni, "paints a sentiment." […]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qqfhk
CD Review
10.15am
Masses of (terribly untidily presented) information but the performers are:
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker (conductor), The Marian Consort, Rose Consort of Viols, Rory McCleery (conductor), The Tallis Scholars, The Choir of Royal Holloway, The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Rupert Gough (conductor),
Lucie Skeaping explores the wedding of Princess Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, which took place in Whitehall 400 years ago this Valentine's Day. The celebrations were organised by Sir Francis Bacon, and included over a week of lavish entertainments including music by, among others Robert Johnson, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Campion and John Coperario, their contributions heard alongside popular ballads, catches and toe-tapping dance tunes with John Donne waxing lyrical: 'Since thou dost this day in new glory shine, may all men date Records from this thy Valentine'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qqf4c
An honourably guest: Sir Hubert Parry
Sunday
Catherine Bott and harpsichordist Fabio Bonizzoni, probe the celebrated Toccatas and Partitas for keyboard by the highly influential late renaissance composer, Girolamo Frescobaldi.
Fabio Bonizzoni has recently recorded the Toccatas and Partitas on disc, to great acclaim. In his opinion these are Frescobaldi's masterpieces, a series of pictures in music. "Each piece", says Bonizzoni, "paints a sentiment." […]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qqfhk
CD Review
10.15am
Masses of (terribly untidily presented) information but the performers are:
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker (conductor), The Marian Consort, Rose Consort of Viols, Rory McCleery (conductor), The Tallis Scholars, The Choir of Royal Holloway, The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Rupert Gough (conductor),
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