Emma Kirkby - The South Bank Show (6)

Emma Kirkby: The Unsung Heroine
The South Bank Show
ITV Productions
22.07.2007.
Presented by: Melvyn Bragg
Produced and directed by: Mathew Tucker

A documentary about my favorite singer, Dame Emma Kirkby, the artist who almost single-handedly changed the way we listen to voices in early music. Her pure soprano features on almost 200 studio recordings and she is well known to almost every admirer of medieval, renaissance and baroque music for her beautiful voice and amazing artistry. The show features works of Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Jean-Baptiste Boësset, Claudio Monteverdi, Hildegard Von Bingen and John Dowland.

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[rloomis3]

I second kathleenb25's gratitude -- thank you *so much* for posting the entire program. It was a tremendous treat for this huge fan of Ms. Kirkby.

[lalagonegaga]

As a huge fan myself, I realised how desperately needed this documentary was and I decided to share it with the world, especially because the torrent I downloaded it from stopped working and people didn't have a way of accessing it any more. It is my little hommage to the greatest singer of all times. :) I'm glad you enjoyed it...

[benjaminbunnyboy]

Good job Melvyn! What an engaging and beautiful person Ms Kirkby is. I was transfix from start to finish. Even Melvyn looked smitten.

[fernandasrojo]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for posting this.

Listening to her talk is as big a pleasure as her singing.

Great stuff!

[snailysaurus]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this! Dame Emma is certainly one of the greatest singers of our time, and without a doubt one of the most influential.

[zinpgh]

Thank you! EMMA IS THE BEST!

[xelavie]

Thank you so much from #1 to #6 !

[wikke1]

thank you very much.

very interesting insights by a great singer and an intelligent lady!

[andreamoboe]

thank you soo much for posting this whole interview! was amazing to watch and see what Emma gets up to. shes a tremendous performer and ambassador for early music.

[kathleenb25]

Thank you so much for posting this. Here in the States we NEVER get to see Emma. Lots of those "heavy" operatic voices, but truly, never any pure tone. It's a shame really.

Thanks again.