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Millennium of Music
May through August 2004 Schedule
#04-19: 5/3/04:
Two Worlds of Modal Music--One of the most remarkable examinations coming out of the Schola Cantorum in Basel is with the brilliant Medieval scholar/performer Dominique Vellard, relating ancient western modes to Indian ragas.
#04-20: 5/10/04:
Elizabethan Era at Utrecht: Two successive afternoon concerts at Utrecht in 2003 gave us two views of the Elizabethan era--countertenor Michael Chance was accompanied by a recorder quartet, and the Orlando di Lasso ensemble sang popular madrigals.
#04-21: 5/17/04:
The Thomas Tallis Edition: Alistair Dixon's Chapelle du Roi continues their series of the complete works of Tallis with Volume 7, Latin motets fom the time of Elizabeth.
#04-22: 5/24/04:
Bestario del Cristo--The ensemble Alia Musica looks at the lively Medieval imagination with 13th century music that uses animals as symbolic of Christ and the church.
#04-23: 5/31/04:
Palestrina's Pentecostal Music: For the season of Pentecost, the recent recording of sequences, motets, and the grand Missa Dum Complerentur with the Westminster Cathedral Choir [repeat of 03-22].
#04-24: 6/7/04:
The Romeiko Ensemble in concert: Part 1: This an innovative group is comprised of specialists in Byzantine chant and the court music of the Byzantine Palace, as well as the court and Sufi music of the Ottoman Empire. This concert was recorded live at St. Matthew's in Washington. [repeat of 04-07].
#04-25: 6/14/04:
The Romeiko Ensemble in concert: Part 2: The Romeiko features 15 exceptional vocalists (cantors) from the U.S. and Greece, and five of the most prominent instrumentalists from Turkey, and is led by Dr. Yiorgos Bilalis, who has performed worldwide as a psaltes with Byzantine choirs and as a hafiz in Sufi ceremonies. [repeat of 04-09].
#04-26: 6/21/04:
Chant from the Monastery of Engelberg: Another extraordinary recording from the Schola Cantorum in Basel featuring music from 1100 to 1400 preserved in this beautiful Monastery in the remote Swiss valley. [repeat of 04-02].
#04-27: 6/28/04:
Magdalena: Not to hop on any bandwagons, but always engaged by new repertoire, we examine the new recording by the ensemble Joglaresa dedicated to music for Mary Magdalen. [repeat of 04-03].
#04-28: 7/5/04:
Living Tradition of the Sephardim: Flory Jagoda again teams with Howard Bass in a program celebrating her family's journey out of Spain into the safety of Turkey, her grandparents' journey to Ottoman Bosnia, and eventually her arrival in America. [repeat of 03-47].
#04-29: 7/12/04:
Lesse faire a mi: How do the greatest Franco-Flemish composer, Josquin Desprez, a misguided French king, an infamous Pope, and the vengeful younger brother of Ottoman emperor Bayazid II come together in an exquisite mass whose motto is "Let me be?" We'll find out this week. [repeat of 04-06].
#04-30: 7/19/04:
A Meeting in the Lowlands: The latest recording by the Binchois Consort takes us to a time when the great Duchy of Burgundy met the Royal French Court at Dufay's home cathedral at Cambrai, as Henry Tudor was preparing to cross the Channel to retake England from Richard III. [repeat of 03-40].
#04-31: 7/26/04:
A Meeting in Toledo: In early summer 1502, Duke Philip the Fair of Burgundy was escorted into Toledo by his father-in-law King Ferdinand, where they were greeted by Queen Isabella--the greatest lowland of composers of the day travelled along and composed for the occasion, and the latest recording by the Orlando Consort celebrates this meeting. [repeat of 03-44].
#04-32: 8/2/04:
Missa diversi toni: The Flemish Hegemony: For years we have argued that composers of the Lowlands defined European music in the Renaissance--this week, a concert from the 2003 Utrecht Festival (co-produced with the Flanders Festival in Antwerp) of late sacred music by De Monte and Lassus, the composers who end the era of what Eric van Nevel calls "The Flemish Hegemony". [repeat of 04-04].
#04-33: 8/9/04:
Chant from Trondheim: Soon after the founding of the first Christian center in Norway at Trondheim, the Cathedral became a center for chant services celebrating everything from St. Olav to a vial of the Holy Blood of Christ brought to Trondheim in the 1100s--this week, chant from this cathedral. [repeat of 03-48].
#04-34: 8/16/04:
Two Worlds of Modal Music--One of the most remarkable examinations coming out of the Schola Cantorum in Basel is with the brilliant Medieval scholar/performer Dominique Vellard, relating ancient western modes to Indian ragas. [repeat of 04-19].
#04-35: 8/23/04:
Bestario del Cristo--The ensemble Alia Musica looks at the lively Medieval imagination with 13th century music that uses animals as symbolic of Christ and the church. [repeat of 04-22].
#04-36: 8/30/04:
Philippe de Monte at Utrecht, Part 4: Continuing the theme of the influence of this great Franco-Flemish composer from the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht, this week we hear the Trinity Baroque illustrate de Monte's influence on the English composer William Byrd. [repeat of 04-13].
#04-37: 9/6/04:
Hildegard von Bingen: The Origin of Fire: We return with our new season to present a mixed blessing--the new Anonymous 4 recording dedicated to Hildegard--but time with the ladies talking about why, after 18 glorious years, they have decided to disband as an ensemble.
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