Program: #23-36, Air Date: 09/04/23
The continuing series of the complete madrigals of Don Carlo Gesualdo, the composer’s profound Tenebrae music, and the early Italian madrigals of Heinrich Schutz.
Read more and hear this show…The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #23-36, Air Date: 09/04/23
The continuing series of the complete madrigals of Don Carlo Gesualdo, the composer’s profound Tenebrae music, and the early Italian madrigals of Heinrich Schutz.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #23-12, Air Date: 03/20/23
This Canadian ensemble, founded by tenor and baroque guitar soloist Bud Roach, has an extensive set of recordings mostly of 17th century repertoire; this week we share three of them, including the remarkable “Music in the Time of Plague."
Read more and hear this show…Program: #23-11, Air Date: 03/13/23
The French ensemble Les Cris de Paris follows up its series on affect in the early Baroque (“Passions,” “Melancholia”) with an overview of sacred works by Heinrich Schütz.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #22-39, Air Date: 09/26/22
November marks the 350th anniversary of the death of the great German composer, who famously introduced the Italian style to his native land. We will trace his life and work in a series of special programs featuring Fr. Jerome Weber as our guide.
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