The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #93-49, Air Date: 12/06/93
During the 1993 Holland Early Music Festival, singers and instrumentalists from many of the best ensembles performing Baroque music today gathered for a spectacular concert of madrigals for large forces. This week's program continues the observance of the 350th anniversary of the death of Claudio Monteverdi, the greatest composer of the late Renaissance and early baroque.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #93-31, Air Date: 08/02/93
On November 28, 1993 the 350th anniversary of the death of Claudio Monteverdi will be celebrated. In anticipation of this event, Robert Aubry Davis previews some of the many new releases recorded in Monteverdi's honor.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #93-13, Air Date: 03/29/93
Celebrating the rebirth on compact disc of one of the great Early Music labels, we'll hear some examples of the recordings from Das Alte Werk. Begun in the late 1950's with Bach Cantatas, this label provided some of the earliest recordings of the operas of Monteverdi.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #93-07, Air Date: 02/15/93
As Monteverdi began married life in the court at Mantua, his music came under serious attack by the theoretician Giovanni Artusi, who labeled it, "... too emotive, even to the point of cruelty." Monteverdi was devastated, until his brother, in coming to his defense, inspired the delightful collection, Scherzi Musicali. In this second part of our series on Monteverdi, we'll look at the years 1592–1607.
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