
Performer Profile: Benjamin Bagby
Vocalist, harpist and scholar Benjamin Bagby talks to Catherine Bott about his career and the founding of his ensemble Sequentia.
Catherine Bott talks to the vocalist, harpist and scholar, Benjamin Bagby, about his career that has spanned more than 30 years. He founded the ensemble Sequentia with the late Barbara Thornton in 1977, a versatile group specialising in the performance and recording of Western European music from the period before 1300. They discuss his many projects with the ensemble and play music from his recordings including Hildegard of Bingen, Philippe le Chancelier and the 'Lost Songs' project - a collection of anonymous Latin and German songs copied into a manuscript a thousand years ago.
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- Sat 17 Nov 2012 13:00
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