June 2023

The Curious Bards

This French ensemble specializes in music of the Irish and Scottish Baroque; this, their second recording, includes song settings by Turlough O’Carolan.

Composer: Turlough O’Carolan

CD Info: Harmonia Mundi CD # HMM 905.327

William Byrd

Owain Park of the Gesualdo Six once again joins us to talk about the new release for the 400th anniversary commemorations for the death of William Byrd, featuring the Mass for Five Voices.

Composer: William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

CD Info: Hyperion CD CDA68416

The Den Bosch Choirbooks, Part 3

We have heard the superb Dutch ensemble extensively in the past of the program; this week, the third in a series of recordings dedicated to choirbooks collected in the ensemble’s hometown of ’s-Hertogenbosch, mostly featuring works by Nicholas Champion.

Composer: Nicholas Champion (c. 1475-1533), 1GOTTSCHALK OF AACHEN (fl. 1071-98), PIERRE DE LA RUE (c. 1452-1518)

CD Info: CD # CC72879

Modern Medieval

ModernMedieval Voices is all-female ensemble created by Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek to present programs that combine medieval chant and polyphony with new commissions and music from later eras; she joins us to explore the group’s first release.

Composer: Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, Hildegard Von Bingen, Daniel Thomas Davis, Caroline Shaw, Caleb Burhans,

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