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Millennium of Music
November 2006 Schedule
#06-45: 10/30/06-- Dulcis Melancholia--Musical Biography of Margaret of Austria--Born in Brussels, her tragic life was central not only to early 16th century European politics, but from 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..
#06-46: 11/06/06 --Alexander Agricola: The Chansons--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.
#06-47: 11/13/06----Alexander Agricola: The Masses--The fine Hungarian ensemble A:N:S Chorus conducted by Janos Bali continues their series dedicated to the masses of Agricola with two based on chansons by illustrious Lowland predecessors: Guillaume Dufay's "Le serviteur" and Antoine Busnois' "Je ne demande."
#06-48: 11/20/06 --Kapsberger and Hopkinson Smith--This season, our series from Switzerland will look at Swiss performers and their influence--this week, one of the brightest pupils of the legendary Swiss lutenist Eugen Dombois,
Hopkinson Smith.
#06-49: 11/27/06 --Monteverdi and Stephan MacLeod--Born in Geneva, Stephan MacLeod studied in Lausanne--in a recent recording he joined the brilliant Maria Cristina Kiehr and Concerto Soave in some of the delightful little musical "Scherzi musicali" of Claudio Monteverdi.
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