The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #24-12, Air Date: 03/18/24
The latest from the London Oratory Schola Cantorum gives us familiar figures from Venice (the Gabrielis, Monteverdi) as well as the less-often heard works of Giovanni Croce and Giacomo Finetti.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #92-51, Air Date: 12/21/92
Founded in 1977 by Robert Eisenstein, Christopher Kendall, and Scott Reiss, the Folger Consort is ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library. With over thirty performances each season, including appearances on major series in cities across the country, the Consort has created one of the most successful early music series in the country. The ensemble's performances are broadcast locally on WETA-FM, and nationally over National Public Radio and American Public Radio. A new title has just been added to the Consort's discography: "When Birds Do Sing" features a program of English music of the 17th century with Rogers Covey-Crump.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #20-05, Air Date: 01/20/20
The History of St. Martin, 1558; Marian music of the early Italian Baroque; and mandolin compositions by Filippo Sauli.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #18-13, Air Date: 03/19/18
The art of the theorbo from the early 17th century, organ masses by Claudio Merulo, and the sounds of the medieval piper.
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