John Stanley
Sat, Nov 28
Lucie Skeaping profiles 18th-century organist, violinist and composer John Stanley, blind from the age of two, but who succeeded in the music world thanks to his memory.
Renaissance Swansongs
Sun, Nov 29
Catherine Bott presents highlights of a concert given by Stile Antico at the 2009 York Early Music Festival. Including music by Gombert, Alonso Lobo and John Sheppard.
Giovanni Croce
Sat, Dec 5
Robert Hollingworth explores the life and work of Venetian composer Giovanni Croce, a contemporary of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli at Saint Mark's.
Instrumental to the Baroque
Sun, Dec 6
Violinists Alison Bury, Bjarte Eike and Daniel Hope join Catherine Bott to discuss how period performance practice has changed since the early music revival of the 1960s.