The Pied Pipers of Early Music —a century of revolution in musical taste

Over the last hundred years and more, the revival of early music and historical performance styles has brought about a sea-change in our listening habits, and a radical expansion of the repertory. Sir Nicholas Kenyon explores some of the highlights of this revolution and the richness it has brought to our musical lives, including the significant contributions from Oxford musicians.

Sir Nicholas Kenyon is a former Controller of BBC Radio 3, Director of the BBC Proms and the Barbican Centre. He edited the journal Early Music and the influential volume Authenticity and Early Music. He is now an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College Oxford and a Distinguished Affiliate Scholar of Pembroke College Cambridge, researching the history of the early music revival as a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow.

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