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Harmonia for September 23, 2007
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Magnificat anima mea"
On Harmonia this week our musical travels take us to England, France, Germany, Italy, and even Mexico as we explore the many settings of the Magnificat. From the quiet devotion of William Byrd to the exuberant polychoral music of Heinrich Schütz, we'll give you a sampling of one of the most famous texts from the Christian church service. We'll also hear a new release by the English viol consort Concordia.
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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