The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #25-09, Air Date: 02/24/25
The grand polychoral mass in 17th century Rome was perfected by this son of a French pastry chef who became the director of the Capella Giulia at St. Peter’s; this recent recording features Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spiritual ensemble.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #25-08, Air Date: 02/17/25
For the 50th anniversary of the founding of this family ensemble (11 members sang, while conducted by their father), Graham Ross came in to direct the younger generation of Bevans in a program of scared choral music.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #25-04, Air Date: 01/20/25
The 500th anniversary of the birth of the great Renaissance composer will yield many gifts; first among them is the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and their latest dedicated to world-premiere recordings of Palestrina works.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #24-05, Air Date: 01/29/24
The Suspicious Cheese Lords are back with yet another world-premiere; this time it’s a Palestrina mass based on the motet setting some of The Verses of St. Bernard by Andreas de Silva, with the original motet itself.
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