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The Early Music Show

An exploration of early developments in the musical world.

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    Renaissance Swansongs

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    Stile Antico perform Renaissance swansongs at the 2009 York Early Music Festival.

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    1. John Stanley

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      Lucie Skeaping profiles the blind 18th-century organist and composer John Stanley.

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2010 NCEM Composers' Award

Following the highly successful inaugural NCEM Composers Award earlier this year, BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music, and the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars announce the launch of 2010 Award aimed at budding young composers across the UK. If you are aged 25 or under, here is the opportunity to compose a short unaccompanied vocal piece for one of the world's great early music vocal ensembles, and have your work recorded and broadcast on Radio 3.

For further details of the competition click here

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Saturday, 13:00 on Radio 3

Giovanni Croce

Robert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce.

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