The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #22-39, Air Date: 09/26/22
November marks the 350th anniversary of the death of the great German composer, who famously introduced the Italian style to his native land. We will trace his life and work in a series of special programs featuring Fr. Jerome Weber as our guide.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #19-39, Air Date: 09/16/19
This indispensable series on Carus of the complete works by the great German composer continues with a two-CD set of Psalm settings.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #18-20, Air Date: 05/07/18
The breathtaking series on the Carus label of the complete works of Heinrich SchĂĽtz concludes (as he did) with his Opus Ultimum, which he called his Swan Song.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #17-43, Air Date: 10/16/17
October 31st makes the actual date of the Reformation, and we conclude our year-long series with recordings that take us from Schutz to Bach.
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