Program: #03-50, Air Date: 12/15/03
For 150 years composers of the Lowlands defined European music--we'll hear some of the greatest Christmas motets from Dufay to Lassus.
Read more and hear this show…Programs tagged with: Josquin Desprez
🔊 The Swiss Lute School: The Humanist Households
Program: #03-45, Air Date: 11/10/03
The Humanist Households and Universities. Without a base of aristocratic patrons, Swiss musicians were especially attracted to the egalitarian nature of the lute. This recent recording centers on the reformist movement around the University of Basle.
Read more and hear this show…🔊 A Meeting in Toledo
Program: #03-44, Air Date: 11/03/03
In the early summer of 1502, Duke Philip the Fair of Burgundy was escorted into Toledo by his father-in-law King Ferdinand, where they were greeted by Queen Isabella. The greatest lowland of composers of the day traveled along and composed for the occasion, and the latest recording by the Orlando Consort celebrates this meeting.
Read more and hear this show…The Spy’s Choirbook
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!
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