The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #18-30, Air Date: 07/16/18
The inspiration from the humanistic circle of Galileo’s father (including his brother’s own lute work), and harpsichord composers inspired by the new humanism.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #00-14, Air Date: 04/03/00
We review six new releases from the Dorian label.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #17-06, Air Date: 01/29/17
The Italian label will take us from music used for both sacred and secular pieces (with just a change of text), to the cusp of the Baroque, to a world premier look at an Italian Baroque master.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #16-21, Air Date: 05/16/16
Italy from 1580 to 1620 was the birthing ground of the Baroque; this week, the ensemble Constantinople, opera superstar Magdalena Kožená, and the father of Galileo.
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