The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
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.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #25-27, Air Date: 06/30/25
Music from the works of Molière by Lully and Charpentier, Baroque arias for two altos, and a tribute to ensemble founder William Christie in honor of his 80th birthday.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #87-06, Air Date: 02/08/87
In honor of St. Valentine's Day, host Robert Aubry Davis celebrates five centuries of romantic music.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #91-31, Air Date: 08/05/91
From the 1904 Chant Congress in Rome to the parlor recordings of the music of Monteverdi by the great teacher Nadia Boulanger, what we think of as a recent renaissance of interest in Early Music actually had powerful roots in the first half of the 20th century. A sampling of music by groups from Brussels to Yale.
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