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Harmonia for August 19, 2007
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Kölner Akademie"
The German city of Cologne has produced many fine early music ensembles, yet few if any have ever been led by an American. On Harmonia this week, we'll look at a recent series of recordings by the Kölner Akademie directed by Michael Alexander Willens. The first four volumes in the Forgotten Treasures series will be accompanied by a new release of music by Johann Valentin Meder, also performed by the Kölner Akademie.
From the transcendent sounds of Anonymous 4, to the sublime realm of Chant, to the passion of an Italian Baroque violin sonata, Harmonia is drawing new listeners in unprecedented numbers to the world of Early Music.
Harmonia is a production of WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, home of Indiana University's prestigious School of Music and the largest Early Music Institute in North America; with additional technical support from KOHM at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Bloomington's position as a center for Early Music research provides fertile ground for concert recordings and interviews with top performers and scholars in the field.
Indiana University's Thomas Binkley Archive of Early Music Recordings, an unmatched resource for rare, out-of-print, and historically important Early Music recordings, enriches Harmonia's musical offerings. Combining this unique collection of resources with commercial, private, and archival material, Harmonia host and producer Angela Mariani brings historically informed performance to today's listeners, adding evocative commentary to illustrate, inform, and entertain.
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