The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #08-14, Air Date: 03/24/08
Early Norwegian church psalm settings for Holy Week performed by the Oslo Cathedral Choir conducted by Terje Kvam. The Lutheran tradition is reflected in works from the Danish-Norwegian poets (Kingo, Dass, Brorson) whose hymnals defined the 16th and 17th century church style.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #11-39, Air Date: 09/19/11
Still catching up with this repertoire, we hear programs dedicated to the early years of the Reformation and one of those composers who survived the difficult religious wars of the 17th century.
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