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Key pieces of music from the Georgian period explored by Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn. From BBC Radio 3

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    • May 2, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    Haydn - The Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2014 9:13


    Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about Haydn's 'The Creation'.

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    Billings - Chester

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2014 8:29


    Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn to introduce 'Chester' by William Billings.

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    Oswald - The Lady's Mantle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2014 6:32


    Suzy Klein talks to conductor, Christian Curnyn to introduce The Lady's Mantle by James Oswald.

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    Popora's Polifemo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2014 9:20


    Nicola Porpora came to London as a rival to Handel's operatic monopoly, and engaged some of Europe's finest singers.

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    Handel's Rodelinda

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2014 7:52


    Handel was on an operatic roll in 1724 - he produced three great operas that year including 'Rodelinda', which Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn discuss.

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    Charles Avison

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2014 8:30


    Suzy Klein and conductor Christian Curnyn discuss the Concerto Grosso and composer Charles Avison.

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    The Glass Harmonica

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2014 5:50


    Benjamin Franklin, founding father of the USA, invented it and Mozart composed an Adagio for it. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn examine the Glass Harmonica.

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    Herschel the composer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2014 6:44


    William Herschel is most famous for discovering Uranus and its moons. By day though, he was a composer with 24 symphonies to his name. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn explore the scope of his music.

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    Clementi the entrepreneur

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2014 8:22


    The rise of immigrant musicians in Georgian England. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn look at the enterprising musicians including Muzio Clementi.

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    The Music of the Pleasure Gardens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2014 7:40


    Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were the hub of 18th Century social life. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn delve into the music that underpinned the new-found leisure time of the Georgians.

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    Mozart the Prodigy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2014 7:38


    The highs and lows of the itinerant life of a prodigious youth. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn discuss Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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    Thomas Linley Jr

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2014 6:24


    Despite drowning at the age of 22 Thomas Linley was an extraordinarily prolific composer. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn discuss his life and works.

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    William Boyce

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2014 6:24


    Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn explore the music of William Boyce including his unjustly neglected and "incredibly alive" first symphony.

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    Why how now, Madame Flirt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2014 5:56


    The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, explored by Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn.

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    Handel and the 'Conquering Hero'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2014 7:21


    Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about Handel and his oratorio about the 'conquering hero' Judas Maccabeus.

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