The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #02-05, Air Date: 02/04/02
One of the most spectacular presentations at the 2001 Utrecht Festival was of Monteverdi's early operatic masterpiece, Orfeo. On this show, we'll hear the remarkable interpretation by the Elyma Ensemble, directed by Gabriel Garrido.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #03-46, Air Date: 11/17/03
One of the themes from the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht was the work of Lowlands composer Phillipe de Monte—this concert by the great Concerto Italiano directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini traces the use of Guarini's poetry from de Monte to Monteverdi.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #15-44, Air Date: 10/26/15
The most recent efforts by Jordi Savall and his Capella Real de Catalunya venture into the Baroque: Monteverdi, Biber, and Magnificat settings by Vivaldi & Bach.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #15-36, Air Date: 08/31/15
The prolific Catalan artist this time gives us airs from Marais’ Alcione, part 2 of the Galicia project, and the second collection dedicated to Montserrat Figueras.
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