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Through the Night Sir Mark Elder conducts a production of Fidelio recorded at the Royal Opera House in 2011.

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The Early Music Show

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Highlights from the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival

Duration:
58 minutes
First broadcast:
Saturday 27 October 2012

Catherine Bott presents highlights from six concerts recorded at the 2011 Boston Early Music Festival - arguably the most important and influential early music event in the world. The programme includes performances by lutenist Paul O'Dette, harpsichordists Kristian Bezuidenhout and Luca Guglielmi, and ensembles such as Quicksilver, Solamenti Naturale and Les Voix Baroques, in music by Aquila, Bach, Buxtehude, Castello and Louis Couperin alongside some lively traditional music from Hungary.

Music Played

6 items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
  • Image for Marco Dall'Aquila

    Marco Dall'Aquila Tocha tocha la canella

    Performer: Paul O’Dette (lute)

    Recording provided by European Broadcasting Union

  • Image for Dietrich Buxtehude

    Dietrich Buxtehude Ad latus: Surge, amica mea, Cantata IV in D minor [Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV.75]

    Performers: Les Voix Baroques, Stephen Stubbs (director)

    Recording provided by European Broadcasting Union

  • Image for Dario Castello

    Dario Castello Sonata decimaterza [Sonata Concertante in Stil Moderno, Book 2]

    Performers: Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble

    Recording provided by European Broadcasting Union

  • Image for Louis Couperin

    Louis Couperin Prelude & Passacaille in C

    Performer: Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord)

    Recording provided by European Broadcasting Union

  • Image for Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for harpsichord in A, BWV.1055

    Performers: Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord), Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Robert Mealy (director)

    , Recording provided by European Broadcasting Union

  • Traditional Hungarian Untitled pieces

    Performers: Solamente Naturali

    , Recording provided by European Broadcasting Union

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