The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #20-27, Air Date: 06/22/20
The great English ensemble continues with Volume 8 of their Palestrina cycle, music from Rome in the 16th century, and the latest in the series of recordings dedicated to Henry Purcell.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #20-26, Air Date: 06/15/20
Josquin’s Spanish legacy, a new release of the music of Diego Ortiz, and the Sablonara songbook.
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A Folger Christmas (1992)Program: #92-51, Air Date: 12/21/92
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. A new title has just been added to the Consort's discography: "When Birds Do Sing" features a program of English music of the 17th century with Rogers Covey-Crump.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #19-49, Air Date: 11/25/19
Our guests Stile Antico turn to the sensuous musical world of Renaissance Spain with a superbly rich and luminous mass by Alonso Lobo, based on a motet by Guerrero and intended for performance at Toledo Cathedral. Interspersed between its movements are an exuberant ‘ensalada’ by Mateo Flecha, inviting us to be present at the nativity through the use of traditional dance rhythms, beautiful Christmas miniatures by Tomás Luis de Victoria, and classic villancicos – Spain’s answer to the traditional carol.
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