The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #91-42, Air Date: 10/21/91
The second in a series with London's critically acclaimed Hilliard Ensemble at the Washington National Cathedral. Music includes a performance of Taverner's Gloria Tibi Trinitas mass preceded by an interpretation of "The English Countenance."
Read more and hear this show…Program: #23-50, Air Date: 12/11/23
While we have heard many performances from this great concert series in the past, this time the founder, Louise Basbas, returns to take us through some of her favorite ensembles for the season.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #17-25, Air Date: 06/12/17
The remarkable Fra Bernardo label gives us Ockeghem masses, a world premier recording of Manchicourt, and the 16th century reinvention of Latin antiquity.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #16-15, Air Date: 04/04/16
Music from Shakespeare’s time featuring the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, the ensemble Ora, and The Sixteen.
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