The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #93-18, Air Date: 05/03/93
Sigismondo D'India was thought to be from the exotic land of Sicily, and while it is not so far away as India, his music was evocative, dramatic and full of vocal tricks. This week, Robert Aubry Davis will spend time with the great Early Music tenor Nigel Rogers, whose latest recording is dedicated entirely to Sigismondo.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #91-45, Air Date: 11/11/91
A tribute to one of the leading figures in the Early Music revival. Host Robert Aubry Davis and Rogers discuss the English tenor's 30 year career while sampling past recordings and his latest release.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #94-37, Air Date: 09/12/94
Note: Ted Libbey, author of the NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, joins us to share some of the works in early music that are his favorites that could not be included in the original book.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #94-22, Air Date: 05/30/94
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