The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #06-11, Air Date: 03/01/06
One of the defining musical publications of the high Renaissance, Jan Rollins amazing publication gave us the first printed version of 221 secular songs, a kind of folk song-cum-"fake book" that is an amazing window into late medieval music.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #09-04, Air Date: 01/19/09
The superb English ensemble Stile Antico performs music for the Virgin Mary by Franco-Flemish composers who worked for the Spanish court (Gombert, Clemens non Papa) as well as the great Iberian creators like Victoria.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #09-50, Air Date: 12/07/09
Sacred motets performed by the ensemble Nordic Voices are interspersed with organ works by Buxtehude, de Grigny, Bach, and others
from performances by Terje Winge and Bjørn Boysen (plus the neo-mystical project "Siwan").
These programs are made possible in part by support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C. For more information about Norwegian cultural events in the United States or for travel and tourist information, you may consult:
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