The Early Music Shop Blog

Performance: Couperin - Le Dodo
Le Dodo, or Love at the Cradle (ou l'amour au Berceau), by François Couperin performed by Jacqui Robertson-Wade.
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Lu-Mi Strings in Performance: 7-string Viola da Gamba
Watch a recorded live stream of Johanna Kilpijärvi's Premier Concert at the Sibelius Academy performing works by Hume, Kühnel, Marais and Buxtehude. Johanna is playing a Lu-Mi 7-string bass viol made by Zhiming Wang.
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EMS Live stream with Sarah Jeffery: Tenor Recorders & Comfort Tenors
A live stream by Team Recorder's Sarah Jeffery hosted by EMS on Tuesday 19th March at 17.00 (BST). In this hour live stream Sarah will be able to answer all your questions on various tenor recorders and compare them for you, in particular comfort tenors!
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EMS & Team Recorder: Which wood?!
We're partnered with Team Recorder's Sarah Jeffery for some videos and live streams. Here is the second video comparing recorders made of different woods!
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EMS Live stream with Sarah Jeffery: Q&A on mid-price recorders
Sarah did an hour live stream for us on different recorders, choosing them, comparing them and much more. Watch the whole stream again here where lots of your questions were answered live!
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EMS & Team Recorder: Choosing a wooden recorder
We're partnered with Team Recorder's Sarah Jeffery for some videos and live streams over the next couple of weeks. Here is the first video comparing mid-price Moeck, Mollenhauer and Kung recorders.
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Everything you need to know about building a Bizzi harpsichord kit
The new harpsichord kit from Bizzi is the best harpsichord kit yet. And thanks to the instructional DVD which comes with it, it has never been more simple!
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The Vielle
The vielle, or medieval fiddle, was one of the most popular instruments during the medieval period. This is clear from the huge amounts of iconography that exists from the time, including a wealth of paintings and frescos.
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Customer favourites
We asked for your favourite Early Music pieces and here they are. Why not listen to the whole playlist!
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The Hurdy-Gurdy
We're starting our "Featured Instrument" blog with the Hurdy Gurdy. For years, the Hurdy Gurdy has been one of the most popular search terms on our website. Given the fascination in the instrument and its varied use across a range of musical styles and...
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Renaissance Lute
This week we've got a selection of renaissance lute music chosen for us by our London lute tutor Wezi Elliott.
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Autumn
As the new season of Autumn settles in, we've put together our Autumn Early Music Shop playlist. Three versions of Vivaldi's Autumn and much more... Listen now!
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