The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #25-24, Air Date: 06/09/25
Ensembles from other countries give us English music; this week, an Australian chorus shares music by Tye, Taverner, and Shepard, and a French ensemble takes us to the time of Henry Purcell.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #24-35, Air Date: 08/26/24
The Stylus Phantasticus, Francesco Cavalli’s Grand Venetian Mass for the Treaty of Paris, and music for Lady Louise.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #24-30, Air Date: 07/22/24
For 40 years Fr. Weber was a co-host and commentator on this program. We search the early archives to remind ourselves of his great contributions to us all (he died in May). We were honored to be mentioned in his official obituary (below).
Read more and hear this show…Program: #24-10, Air Date: 03/04/24
Bjarte Eike and his Barokksolistene are back, this time with a look at how the raucous world of Restoration theater allowed the pent-up exuberance of the suppressed pub scene to explode (as tavern backrooms became music houses).
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