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Baroque Dance

As part of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's current focus on Dance, baroque dance specialist Philippa Waite looks at the styles and affects of various dances, illustrating with music by composers such as Lully, who was an excellent dancer himself, JS Bach, Handel, Weiss, Rebel and Rameau.

20 minutes

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Sun 10 May 2015 14:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne from Acis et Galatee Act 2

    Performer: Monique Zanetti. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • ERATO.

  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau from The Fairy Queen

    Conductor: Roy Goodman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Suite for Lute in D minor - Courante

    Performer: Stephen Stubbs.
    • EMI Classics.

  • FranΓ§ois Couperin

    Sarabande la Dangereuse

    Performer: Skip SempΓ©.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande from Almira

    Director: Peter Holman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean‐FΓ©ry Rebel

    Les Characteres de la Danse

    Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Loure grave from La Temple de la Gloire

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No 3 in G major BWV1009 - Bouree

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Jigg from Sett of Ayres in D major

    Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Carl Heinrich Biber

    Passacaglia for solo violin

    Performer: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Jan 2008 13:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sun 13 Jan 2008 00:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sun 10 May 2015 14:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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