Canada 150: early music in Quebec

Hannah French explores the vibrant early music scene in Montreal.

• 30 mins

Handel's Water Music

Hannah French delves into the history and musical detail of Handel's Water Music.

• 24 mins

York Early Music Festival - Young Artists' Competition 2017

Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of the York Early Music Festival Young Artists' Contest

• 57 mins

Seductive, Voluptuous and Profane - Portuguese Love Songs

Lucie Skeaping talks to Zak Ozmo about his project based on old Portuguese love songs.

• 57 mins

Bach's arrival in Cothen

Hannah French looks at the music composed by Bach around his arrival in Cothen in 1717.

• 22 mins

Giovanni Carbonelli

Lucie Skeaping, Bojan Cicic and Michael Talbot discuss the Italian composer Carbonelli.

• 21 mins

Queen Mary's Big Belly

Lucie Skeaping with music surrounding Queen Mary I's 'phantom pregnancy' of 1555.

• 23 mins

The English Virginals

Harpsichordist Sophie Yates visits Westwood Manor in Wiltshire.

• 42 mins

Telemann's Paris Quartets

Hannah French on Telemann's Paris Quartets, marking the 250th anniversary of his death.

• 20 mins

Performer Profile - The Dufay Collective

Lucie Skeaping talks to William Lyons about 30 years of the Dufay Collective.

• 28 mins

Music at the Court of Catherine the Great

Lucie Skeaping introduces music from the court of Catherine the Great in Russia.

• 23 mins

Telemann at the Opera

Lucie Skeaping looks at the operatic output of Georg Philipp Telemann.

• 25 mins

The Spirit of Bach - Dame Emma Kirkby

Dame Emma Kirkby shares some memories of singing Bach alongside her favourite recordings.

• 20 mins

Les 24 Violons du Roi

Hannah French with music for Les 24 violons du Roi - famed throughout 17th-century Europe.

• 28 mins

The music of ancient Greece

Lucie Skeaping talks to Prof Armand D'Angour about the music and poetry of ancient Greece.

• 54 mins

Couperin's Concerts Royaux

Lucie Skeaping looks at Couperin's four suites of chamber music - Les Concerts Royaux.

• 17 mins

Opera of the Nobility - 18th Century Disruptors

The war of two 18C London opera companies - the Royal Academy & the Opera of the Nobility.

• 30 mins

Composer Profile - John Wilbye

Lucie Skeaping looks at the life and music of 16th-century composer John Wilbye.

• 17 mins

Sara Levy's Salon

Lucie Skeaping looks at the life and legacy of 18th Century Jewish salon hostess Sara Levy

• 23 mins

Debussy and Rameau

Hannah French looks at Rameau's influence on Debussy, as shown by his 'Hommage a Rameau'.

• 22 mins

Composer Profile: Zelenka

Lucie Skeaping profiles the neglected 18th-century Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka.

• 18 mins

Couperin's keyboard

Lucie Skeaping talks to harpsichordist Carole Cerasi about the keyboard music of Couperin.

• 33 mins

Ariadne

Lucie Skeaping presents a musical exploration of the Greek myth of Ariadne in early music.

• 23 mins

The Bachs' Ascension

Hannah French looks at JS and CPE Bach's works celebrating the Feast of the Ascension.

• 17 mins

Music in a cold climate

Lucie Skeaping and guests discuss the musical tradition of the Hanseatic League.

• 30 mins

Vecchi's L'Amfiparnasso

Robert Hollingworth looks at Orazio Vecchi's 1594 madrigal comedy L'Amfiparnaso.

• 31 mins

A tale of two printers

Hannah French tells the tale of two printers: Roger in Amsterdam and Walsh in London.

• 32 mins

Acis and Galatea

Hannah French on the 300th anniversary of the premiere of Handel's Acis and Galatea.

• 17 mins

The Western Wind

Hannah French explores The Western Wind, a song that inspired many 16th-century masses.

• 20 mins

Possessed! Euphoria, Tarantula and Trance

Musical journey into the mystery of possession: ecstasy, trances, spider bites and animism

• 21 mins