The Early Music Show

My Lady Rich, Emily van Evera

Monday 30 July 2007 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Lucie Skeaping talks to singer Emily van Evera about her new disc My Lady Rich, named after Penelope Rich, one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies-in-waiting and sister to the Queen's favoured Earl of Essex. It's said that this 'heart-stealing goddess' was a muse to poets and musicians alike, and inspired music by the finest composers of Elizabethan England. Lady Rich's later life was not happy and her final sorrow has been likened to Ophelia's. Featuring songs and instrumental pieces by John Dowland, Charles Tessier, William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, John Coprario, Robert Jones and John Bartlet.

This is a repeat of the programme broadcast on Sunday 22 July 2007. View full details

Duration:

1 hour

The Early Music Show

Episode and Playlist Information

• 5 Aug 07 Cole on Landowska
• 5 Aug 07 Orpheus
• 4 Aug 07 Alfred Deller
• 4 Aug 07 Orpheus
• 29 Jul 07 Emily van Evera
• 28 Jul 07 Shakespeare
• 22 Jul 07 Masque of Moments
• 22 Jul 07 My Lady Rich