The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #08-53, Air Date: 12/22/08
This male vocal quartet has (since their debut in 1987) established itself as Norway's most prominent ensemble for the performance of a cappella early music--we celebrate their wonderful Christmas disc.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #09-06, Air Date: 02/02/09
For five centuries, Cristobal de Morales (1500-1553) was in the shadow of Guerrero and Victoria; the Ensemble Plus Ultra directed by Michael Noone reveals the true genius of this Spanish master.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-13, Air Date: 03/25/13
This program began on Easter in 1979--this week, the young performers of Stile Antico and their recent release dedicated to Holy Week & Easter.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #12-11, Air Date: 03/05/12
The superb Brabant Ensemble gives us the grand (and rarely-recorded) Palestrina Mass Ad coenam agni providi.
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