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Harmonia for July 27, 2008
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus"
The tale of Acis and Galatea was an ideal story for setting to music. Its cast of characters and surprise ending made it a favorite of opera composers. This week on Harmonia we'll sample versions by Lully, Literes, Handel, and Naumann, as well as a new release of Buxtehude's organ music
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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