The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #08-39, Air Date: 09/15/08
New releases include the great Hilliard Ensemble returning to their core repertoire of early English vocal music; and former Hilliard member John Potter is back with his latest in the Dowland project series, an unusual compilation entitled Romaria.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #08-23, Air Date: 05/26/08
NOTE: The Early Music Foundation presented over 80 events in the fall of 2007. This week and next, we celebrate some of the performances given at this festival.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #08-12, Air Date: 03/10/08
While English by birth, Dowland also served at the Royal Danish court—we’ll hear members of the Norwegian Baroque Soloists with lutenist Rolf Lislevand and mezzo Randi Stene in some of the great songs of Dowland; plus some of the brilliant harpsichord works of Johann Jacob Froberger performed by H.K. Sveen.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-38, Air Date: 09/16/13
NOTE: All of the music on this program is from three recent releases featuring the English master John Dowland (1563-1626).
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