The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #14-42, Air Date: 10/13/14
Three new releases give us different perspectives on late 16th century music: from the motif of the earth trembling, to Freiburg Cathedral in 1594, to the always arresting Don Carlo Gesualdo.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #04-20, Air Date: 05/10/04
NOTE: All of the music on this program comes from a recording made of concerts by the Orlando di Lasso Ensemble conducted by Detlef Bratschke and the Brisk Recorder Quartet from the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #04-18, Air Date: 04/26/04
All of the music on this program comes from a recording made of the concert by the Trinity Baroque conducted by Julian Podger from the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht. It traces the influence of Philippe de Monte (1521-1603) on the great English composer William Byrd (1543-1623).
Read more and hear this show…Program: #05-10, Air Date: 02/28/05
The music on this program highlights one of the ensembles appearing at the Istanbul international Music Festival 2005, the award-winning viol ensemble Phantasm, founded in 1994.
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