Episode 24 - Battle of the Kings
In this episode of PitchPoint, Mary-Jannet Leith gives us a preview of Ensemble Hesperi's concert at LIFEM, Battle of the Kings, on Saturday 13th November!
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Episode 23 - Ensemble Hesperi
Watch the latest PitchPoint where Mary-Jannet Leith reviews a year in the life of Ensemble Hesperi with her guest Thomas Allery, winners of last year's Young Ensemble Competition at LIFEM. Includes a performance from guests soprano Angela Hicks and tenor Rory Carver with members of Ensemble Hesperi.Read now -
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Episode 21 - Edinburgh Musical Society
oin Mary-Jannet Leith on location in Edinburgh for this week's PitchPoint episode. Mary-Jannet explores the history of the Edinburgh Musical Society and finishes with a delightful performance by Ensemble Hesperi.Read now -
Episode 20 - Recorder31 Tenor Week
Watch the latest PitchPoint where Mary-Jannet Leith introduces us to the tenor recorder, discusses the art of divisions and performs Diminutions on Ancor Che Col Partire by Giovanni Battista Spadi!Read now -
Episode 19 - Recorder31 Soprano Week
Mary-Jannet Leith introduces the soprano recorder for us and takes us through its history and the developments in its design. She introduces her csakan, an instrument which is often called "the romantic recorder", and performs the Allegro movement from Anton Herberle's Sonate (1808).Read now -
“Concerts Then and Now!”
Read nowJoin Mary-Jannet Leith in this week’s PitchPoint entitled “Concerts Then and Now!”, exploring concert-going, how concerts developed in the late seventeenth century, how they changed in the eighteenth, and how they're still changing today! -
Episode 17
Read nowIn this week's PitchPoint, join Mary-Jannet Leith and special guest Cathy Boyes, Festival Producer of Brighton Early Music Festival, ahead of this weekend's Brighton Early Music Festival Zoom Conference discussing the future of early music. -
Episode 16 – Special Edition
Read nowIn this week's special edition of PitchPoint, join Mary-Jannet Leith in discussing mental health and music – an important topic for us all to be thinking about all year round.
