The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #06-46, Air Date: 11/06/06
In honor of the 500th anniversary of the death of this great Ghent-born composer, Fretwork and countertenor Michael Chance give us the chansons and consort works in a new release from Harmonia Mundi.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #06-45, Air Date: 10/30/06
Born in Brussels, the tragic life of Margaret of Austria was central not only to early 16th century European politics. Her adopted city of Mechlin was surrounded by the greatest composers of the day; on this new disc Dirk Snelling's Capilla Flamenca looks at her circle, including Josquin, Pierre de la Rue, Obrecht, and Agricola.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #06-10, Air Date: 02/27/06
A live recording of one of Flanders' premier vocal ensembles exhibiting a wide range of technique in three centuries of music.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #09-19, Air Date: 05/04/09
The superb American wind ensemble, with their informed performances of this popular repertoire.
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