May 19th, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
From ‘Sumer is icumen in’, featuring the Hilliard Ensemble (HMA 1951154): Round: Sumer is icumen in, Mater ora filium, Worldes blisse have good day, Ovet mundus letabundus.
2 settings of ‘Bonny Sweet Robin’: Anonymous lute version played by Jacob Heringman (Philips 446687) and Thomas Simpson’s setting performed by the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (L’Oiseau-Lyre 414277).
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May 13th, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
William Byrd: Aspice, Domine quia facta est, Attolite portas, O lux beata Trinitas. Performed by The Cardinall’s Musick. ASV GAU 197.
William Lawes: Royall Consort Sett No. 5. Performed by Les Voix Humaines. ATMA 2373.
May 6th, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
Heinrich Biber: Fanfare 1 & 4. Performed by The English Concert (HMU 907397). Henry Purcell: Sound the Trumpet. Performed by Andreas Scholl and Christophe Dumaux, countertenors, with Accademia Bizantina (Decca 478 2262). Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Marche de triomphe. Performed by Musica Antiqua Köln. (DG 1413)
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April 28th, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
Michael Praetorius: Ostermesse (Easter Mass). Performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen, directed by Manfred Cordes.
April 21st, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
Carlo Gesualdo: Ahi, disperata vita & Arde il mio cor. Performed by Les Arts Florissants. HMC 901268.
Antonio Bertali: Festive Sonatas, performed by Musica Fiata.
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata & Bergamasca. Performed by Rinaldo Alessandrini at the 1554 Ategnati Organ located at S. Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, Milan. Astree 8714-15.
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April 15th, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
All works composed by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Toccata C3. Performed by Reinhard Jaud at the 1558 Ebert Organ at the Hofkirche Innsbruck. (NM Classics 92119)
Fantasia in D minor. Performed by Gustav Leonhardt at the 1971 Metzler Organ at the Jacobskerk in The Hague. DHM 77434.
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April 7th, 2012
Original Air Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 9 AM and 4 PM
Christoph Bernhard: Heute is Christus von den Toten auferstanden. Performed by Ekkehard Abele, bass and Das Kleine Konzert. CPO 777 046.
Vespers Music for Easter from the 13th century (Notre Dame School): Rondeau-Christo psallat; Alleluia-Epulemur (organum); Alleluia Agnus redemit (Sequence- chant); Conduit- Resurgente Domino;
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April 1st, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
Dieterich Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude “Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ”. Performed by Harald Vogel at the 1694 Grotian organ in Pilsum. MD+G 3425. Jesu, meines Lebens Leben. Performed by Collegium Vocale and Orchestra Anima Eterna. Channel Classics 7895.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata for Palm Sunday 1714 “Himmelskönig sei willkommen”. Performed by the Ricercar Consort with soloists Katharine Fuge, Carlos Mena, Hans-Jorg Mammel and Stephan MacLeod.
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April 1st, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 9 Am and 4 PM
Anon.: Mit ganzem willen wünsch ich dir. Performed by Shield of Harmony. HMC 902051. Johannes Suzoy: Prophilias, un des nobles de Roume (Ballade). Performed by The Medieval Ensemble of London. L’Oiseau-Lyre 475 9119.
Samuel Scheidt: Dances from Ludi Musici, performed by Musica Fiata. CPO 777013. Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend. Performed by Musica Fiata and La Capella Ducale. CPO 777145.
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March 15th, 2012
Air Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 9 AM and 4 PM
Beatriz de Dia: A chantar m’er. Performed by Estampie- Münchner Ensemble für Frühe Musik.
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Chaconne for Harpsichord, performed by Ludger Rémy. Trio Sonata in D for 2 recorders, basso obbligato and continuo. Performed by Camerata Moderna. MD+G 605-0807.
Claudio Monteverdi: T’amo mia vita. Performed by Artek, directed by Gwendolyn Toth. Zefiro 105.
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