The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #13-42, Air Date: 10/14/13
Music from recent releases celebrating the English high Renaissance and the composers from John Taverner (c.1490-1545) to Martin Peerson (c.1571-1651), centering on Thomas Tallis and William Byrd.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-13, Air Date: 03/25/13
This program began on Easter in 1979--this week, the young performers of Stile Antico and their recent release dedicated to Holy Week & Easter.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-01, Air Date: 12/31/12
It has been a rough year, especially in New York and environs--let's give the last word for the season to New York Polyphony, with music for the Twelve Days and the New Year.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #12-12, Air Date: 03/12/12
Two excellent new recordings look at the late Tudor and Jacobean era with Stile Antico, and a new project of Henry Purcell scored for harp, gamba, traditional Swedish violin, and voice.
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