1. Introduction | Andrew Burn

What is so special about Early Music that it makes people so passionate about it?What is it like to “rediscover” today a composer from 1000 years ago? What do you learn about a piece when you search for the ultimate grail of the original concert hall it was first performed in? How can you try to rebuild a long gone Renaissance instrument and not lose your sanity? And, more than everything, what is so fascinating about it that you would want, today, in 2023, to dedicate your life to it? Let’s investigate, in 9 episodes, listening to the 9 speakers we picked for their reputation of being quite particular about one specific character of Early Music. CREDITSinterview & editing Andrew Burnproduction REMAcredits music Platée, Act 1, Orage - Jean-Philippe Rameauperformed by Les Talens Lyriques, dir. Christophe RoussetCamera Lucida 2014All rights reserved - Courtesy of Les Talens Lyriquesdesign Doretta Rinaldioriginal drawings Vincent FlückigermusicSanctus - Guillaume de Machautperformed by GraindelavoixMesse de Nostre Dame, Glossa 2016Cello Duetto in G Major, ABV 47: I. Allegro Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abacoperformed by Elinor Frey, Catherine Jones, Michele Pasotti, Federica BianchiThe Cello According to Dall'Abaco, Passacaille 2022Canzon La Lusignuola, OP. 1 No. 2 performed by Enrico Onofri, Imaginarium EnsembleInto Nature. Vivaldi Seasons & Other Sounds from Mother Earth, Passacaille 2019