The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #17-34, Air Date: 08/14/17
For 25 years Suzi Digby has been a champion of choral artistry for young people, from schools, with the Voices Foundation, to the London Youth Choir. Now, with Ora, she celebrates music old and new; Suzi joins us this week.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #01-06, Air Date: 02/05/00
We sample some of the new releases in the field of early music with themes of romantic love.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #12-47, Air Date: 11/12/12
Another recent recording for which we wrote the liner notes features Gloria Dei Cantores in repertoire centering in the High Renaissance, including rare sacred works by Passereau and Dulot.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #11-10, Air Date: 02/28/11
Happily, the ensemble Jacques Moderne reminds us of the great French music at the end of the 16th century with a mass by Claude le Jeune and Du Caurroy's 1590 Requiem.
We continue our long and fruitful association with our partners at Radio Netherlands in presenting a series of concerts from the 2010 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht. We direct listeners to their web site, which will provide more in-depth information about the music and performers we hear as well as more information about the festival:
www.rnwclassical.com
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