The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #03-44, Air Date: 11/03/03
In the early summer of 1502, Duke Philip the Fair of Burgundy was escorted into Toledo by his father-in-law King Ferdinand, where they were greeted by Queen Isabella. The greatest lowland of composers of the day traveled along and composed for the occasion, and the latest recording by the Orlando Consort celebrates this meeting.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #14-47, Air Date: 11/17/14
Perhaps written in Rome, this grand mass by Antoine Brumel is the latest project from the superb Brabant Ensemble.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #14-44, Air Date: 10/27/14
From the obscure (Edmund Sturton) to the famous (the masses of William Byrd), recent releasescelebrate the glory of Tudor England.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #14-42, Air Date: 10/13/14
Three new releases give us different perspectives on late 16th century music: from the motif of the earth trembling, to Freiburg Cathedral in 1594, to the always arresting Don Carlo Gesualdo.
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