The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #23-03, Air Date: 01/16/23
In honor of the 50th anniversary of their founding, the Huelgas Ensemble released a recording of composers familiar like Josquin and Gombert, and rare (Baston, Hasprois, and Celliers de Hesdin!).
Read more and hear this show…Program: #21-47, Air Date: 11/15/21
Before the ensemble The Gesualdo Six announced their first US tour for November, they released this recording dedicated to the circle around Josquin (including reattributed works).
Read more and hear this show…Program: #21-15, Air Date: 04/05/21
In early spring of 1963, John Elliot Gardiner’s mother created an Easter play for their small church in Dorset; for the 55th anniversary, it was recreated for a special recording project we hear this week.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #01-03, Air Date: 01/15/01
Continuing with one of the primary themes from the Utrecht Festival 2000, the Capella Ducale Venetia relates the Flemish-born Emperor to the composers he heard in Italy.
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