Program: #20-45, Air Date: 10/26/20
Music for vihela and soprano, songs for harp, guitar, and baritone, and A Corte Musical’s “Lisbon Under Ashes: Rediscovered Portuguese Music."
Read more and hear this show…The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #20-45, Air Date: 10/26/20
Music for vihela and soprano, songs for harp, guitar, and baritone, and A Corte Musical’s “Lisbon Under Ashes: Rediscovered Portuguese Music."
Read more and hear this show…Program: #94-02, Air Date: 01/10/94
Founded in 1977 by Robert Eisenstein, Christopher Kendall, and Scott Reiss, the Folger Consort is ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library. With over thirty performances each season, including appearances on major series in cities across the country, the Consort has created one of the most successful early music series in the country. The ensemble's performances are broadcast locally on WETA-FM, and nationally over National Public Radio and American Public Radio.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #20-19, Air Date: 04/27/20
NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the ensemble Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse. The wonderful French ensemble takes us on a trip first to Golden Age Spain, then on to the New World, and finally back home for a celebration of Rabelais.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #20-09, Air Date: 02/17/20
Lamentations by Antoine Brumel, Psalms by Lassus, and music from Renaissance Prague.
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