1antimuzak
Sunday 1st October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Guillaume de Machaut.
Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, both composer and poet in 1300s France, in conversation with Machaut experts Elizabeth Eva Leach and Uri Smilansky.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Guillaume de Machaut.
Lucie Skeaping discovers the remarkable Guillaume de Machaut, both composer and poet in 1300s France, in conversation with Machaut experts Elizabeth Eva Leach and Uri Smilansky.
2antimuzak
Sunday 8th October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Byrd Is the Word.
Hannah French presents from the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds, with the Ex Corde vocal ensemble performing sacred and secular music by William Byrd, with particular focus on his use of text.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Byrd Is the Word.
Hannah French presents from the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds, with the Ex Corde vocal ensemble performing sacred and secular music by William Byrd, with particular focus on his use of text.
3antimuzak
Sunday 15th October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Fifty Years of the Academy of Ancient Music.
The Academy of Ancient Music celebrates 50 years since harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood and record producer Peter Wadland cooked up the idea of forming a historically-informed orchestra one evening in London's Marquis of Granby pub. Since then, they have produced hundreds of recordings, launched the careers of many international soloists and brought fantastic period performances of Baroque and Classical music to the public's attention. Hannah French takes the opportunity to chat to current music director Laurence Cummings and CEO John McMunn about the group's first 50 years and the impact they have made.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Fifty Years of the Academy of Ancient Music.
The Academy of Ancient Music celebrates 50 years since harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood and record producer Peter Wadland cooked up the idea of forming a historically-informed orchestra one evening in London's Marquis of Granby pub. Since then, they have produced hundreds of recordings, launched the careers of many international soloists and brought fantastic period performances of Baroque and Classical music to the public's attention. Hannah French takes the opportunity to chat to current music director Laurence Cummings and CEO John McMunn about the group's first 50 years and the impact they have made.
4antimuzak
Sunday 29th October 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
The Tallis Scholars at 50.
Hannah French marks the 50th anniversary of the Tallis Scholars, with founder Peter Phillips and two of the group's singers joining her to choose highlights from the past five decades of recording and giving concerts at home and abroad.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
The Tallis Scholars at 50.
Hannah French marks the 50th anniversary of the Tallis Scholars, with founder Peter Phillips and two of the group's singers joining her to choose highlights from the past five decades of recording and giving concerts at home and abroad.
5antimuzak
Sunday 24th December 2023 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Early Music for Christmas Eve.
From her home in north London, Hannah French presents a selection of medieval carols, and Renaissance and Baroque music for Christmas Eve, including festive pieces by Corelli, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Manfredini, Byrd, Manchicourt and Handel. Join Hannah in the French kitchen as she also tucks into some yuletide treats.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Early Music for Christmas Eve.
From her home in north London, Hannah French presents a selection of medieval carols, and Renaissance and Baroque music for Christmas Eve, including festive pieces by Corelli, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Manfredini, Byrd, Manchicourt and Handel. Join Hannah in the French kitchen as she also tucks into some yuletide treats.
6antimuzak
Sunday 7th January 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Lassus & Wine (Part 2).
Orlando Lassus wrote a staggering number of pieces about wine, covering all genres from sacred to secular and everything in between. They tell us much about life, trade, and feasting in Munich in the second half of the 16th century, but also show that Lassus was quite the wine connoisseur: not only in drinking the best wines across Europe, but even his knowledge of wine production. For this second of two programmes, Hannah French is joined down the line from New York by wine historian and musicologist Ron Merlino to explore the music of Lassus while tasting some of the types of wine he encountered at the Court of Duke Albrecht V in Munich. In this programme, Ron has chosen four types of wine thought to have been known to Lassus - two red wines and two sweet wines: a Cabernet Franc from Anjou in the Loire Valley, France a Falernian (made from Aglianico grapes) from Campania, Italy, a sweet Malvasia from Sicily, and a sweet Rust wine from Austria.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Lassus & Wine (Part 2).
Orlando Lassus wrote a staggering number of pieces about wine, covering all genres from sacred to secular and everything in between. They tell us much about life, trade, and feasting in Munich in the second half of the 16th century, but also show that Lassus was quite the wine connoisseur: not only in drinking the best wines across Europe, but even his knowledge of wine production. For this second of two programmes, Hannah French is joined down the line from New York by wine historian and musicologist Ron Merlino to explore the music of Lassus while tasting some of the types of wine he encountered at the Court of Duke Albrecht V in Munich. In this programme, Ron has chosen four types of wine thought to have been known to Lassus - two red wines and two sweet wines: a Cabernet Franc from Anjou in the Loire Valley, France a Falernian (made from Aglianico grapes) from Campania, Italy, a sweet Malvasia from Sicily, and a sweet Rust wine from Austria.
7antimuzak
Sunday 21st January 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Thomas Tomkins.
Lucie Skeaping celebrates composer Thomas Tomkins, who studied with William Byrd, was choirmaster at Worcester Cathedral and organist at the Chapel Royal. Born in 1572, his life spanned the end of the Tudor period, the beginning of the reign of the Stuarts and the execution of Charles I to whom he dedicated his Sad Pavan: for these distracted times. His music is still performed regularly in cathedrals, in particular his anthem When David Heard.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Thomas Tomkins.
Lucie Skeaping celebrates composer Thomas Tomkins, who studied with William Byrd, was choirmaster at Worcester Cathedral and organist at the Chapel Royal. Born in 1572, his life spanned the end of the Tudor period, the beginning of the reign of the Stuarts and the execution of Charles I to whom he dedicated his Sad Pavan: for these distracted times. His music is still performed regularly in cathedrals, in particular his anthem When David Heard.
8antimuzak
Sunday 25th February 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
English Satire and Opera in the 18th Century.
Hannah French is joined by conductor and musicologist Dr John Andrews to explore opera in England from Purcell up to the arrival of Handel. Politics and music go very much hand in hand, it seems... This period of English music has often been described as a barren landscape, but as John Andrews himself says: 'The idea that English music was dormant between Purcell and Elgar is as ludicrous as our tendency to forget the brilliance of English literature between Shakespeare and Austen'.
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
English Satire and Opera in the 18th Century.
Hannah French is joined by conductor and musicologist Dr John Andrews to explore opera in England from Purcell up to the arrival of Handel. Politics and music go very much hand in hand, it seems... This period of English music has often been described as a barren landscape, but as John Andrews himself says: 'The idea that English music was dormant between Purcell and Elgar is as ludicrous as our tendency to forget the brilliance of English literature between Shakespeare and Austen'.
9antimuzak
Sunday 24th March 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Bach's St John Passion at 300.
Three hundred years on from its first performance, Hannah French explores Johann Sebastian Bach's masterful St John Passion, one of the most dramatic and ambitious pieces of religious music ever written. It was the crowning glory of Bach's first year in the leading musical job in Leipzig, music that shattered the enforced silence of Lent in the town and brought the story of Jesus's arrest, trail and execution to life in a way no music had ever done before. Considering the piece within its original context, Hannah examines the role it played in the Good Friday Vespers service at St Nicholas's Church in Leipzig, and how it connected musically and theologically with the thousands of worshippers there in 1724. She also places the music in the context of Bach's faith, family, job and employers. Was Bach breaking the terms of his contract when he created such a powerful (and lengthy) piece? Did his eldest son, 13-year-old Wilhelm Friedemann, sing a solo? What relationship did Bach's second wife Anna Magdalene, a professional singer over 15 years his junior, have with this music?
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 (1 hour long)
Bach's St John Passion at 300.
Three hundred years on from its first performance, Hannah French explores Johann Sebastian Bach's masterful St John Passion, one of the most dramatic and ambitious pieces of religious music ever written. It was the crowning glory of Bach's first year in the leading musical job in Leipzig, music that shattered the enforced silence of Lent in the town and brought the story of Jesus's arrest, trail and execution to life in a way no music had ever done before. Considering the piece within its original context, Hannah examines the role it played in the Good Friday Vespers service at St Nicholas's Church in Leipzig, and how it connected musically and theologically with the thousands of worshippers there in 1724. She also places the music in the context of Bach's faith, family, job and employers. Was Bach breaking the terms of his contract when he created such a powerful (and lengthy) piece? Did his eldest son, 13-year-old Wilhelm Friedemann, sing a solo? What relationship did Bach's second wife Anna Magdalene, a professional singer over 15 years his junior, have with this music?
10antimuzak
Sunday 14th April 2024 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
John Wilbye.
Hannah French marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Wilbye, the most famous of the English madrigalists. Wilbye's fame rests almost entirely on the 64 works contained in two books of madrigals, which were published in 1598 and 1608.
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long)
John Wilbye.
Hannah French marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Wilbye, the most famous of the English madrigalists. Wilbye's fame rests almost entirely on the 64 works contained in two books of madrigals, which were published in 1598 and 1608.
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