Episode 1
Lucie Skeaping charts the piano's the progression from its origins in Florence.
The Early Music Show · BBC Radio 3
October 13, 201220m 51s
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Show Notes
As part of the Piano Season on the BBC, Lucie Skeaping presents the first of two programmes about the development of the piano during the eighteenth century.
Lucie looks at the development of the piano from its origins in Florence with Bartolomeo Cristofori.
With contributions from the period instrument restorer Kerstin Schwarz, and Steven Devine, Professor of Fortepiano at Trinity College of Music.