Program: #14-25, Air Date: 06/16/14
A recent recording by the ensemble La Reverdie looks at the songs of St. Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463).
Read more and hear this show…Programs tagged with: Jacob Obrecht
🔊 Dulcis Melancholia: A Musical Biography of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530)
Program: #06-45, Air Date: 10/30/06
Born in Brussels, the tragic life of Margaret of Austria was central not only to early 16th century European politics. Her adopted city of Mechlin was surrounded by the greatest composers of the day; on this new disc Dirk Snelling's Capilla Flamenca looks at her circle, including Josquin, Pierre de la Rue, Obrecht, and Agricola.
Read more and hear this show…Jacob Obrecht: The Secular Works
Program: #06-44, Air Date: 10/23/06
While most of the secular works by the great Obrecht are lost or fragmentary, the Camerata Trajectina has put together a massive project to reconstruct these once immensely popular pieces.
Read more and hear this show…Missa L’homme arme–Two Settings
Program: #06-41, Air Date: 10/02/06
Two great Franco-Flemish composers, Dendermonde's Johannes Ockeghem and the influential Jacob Obrecht (born in Bergen op Zoom, and working in the great city of Bruges), are among the 30-odd who set masses on this famous tune--we'll hear an import disc with the Capella Fidicina.
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