The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #15-10, Air Date: 03/02/15
The beautiful editions copied and illustrated by Peter Alamire doubled as code that allowed King Henry VIII to vanquish rivals to the throne; the new recording by the Alamire Ensemble explains it all!
Read more and hear this show…Program: #04-08, Air Date: 02/16/04
NOTE: All of the music on this program is from a recording made of the concert by the Egidius Kwartet from the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #06-03, Air Date: 01/09/06
The evolution of counterpoint was one of the themes of the 2005 Festival, and Paul van Nevel with his Huelgas Ensemble take us on a tour of the 15th century with the famous (Dufay, Josquin) and the rare (Forestier, Kerle).
Read more and hear this show…Program: #09-19, Air Date: 05/04/09
The superb American wind ensemble, with their informed performances of this popular repertoire.
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