The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #17-36, Air Date: 08/28/17
The celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Lutheranism continue, including music from his own day, the Praetorius chorales, and a collection of early chorales in a world-premiere performance!
Read more and hear this show…Program: #17-29, Air Date: 07/10/17
Three new releases: a boxed set of early Lutheran settings set by the liturgical year, an evocation of the crucial year of 1517, and an early Baroque master in Leipzig.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #16-29, Air Date: 07/11/16
Lute repertoire inspired by Martin Luther; the Dresden Passion; and haunting music of the Thirty Years’ War.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #01-18, Air Date: 04/30/01
From the year 2000 Utrecht festival, we continue the theme of music surrounding Charles V (for the 500th anniversary of his birth) with a concert by the Weser-Renaissance Ensemble.
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