Harmonia

KPBX 91.1 fm, Tuesday, 7pm-8pm

Angela Mariani hosts this weekly program exploring the world of Early 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 produced in conjunction with Indiana University's world-renowned Early Music Institute.

Program Listings
August 31, 2010
The Frottola and Renaissance Love
Harmonia explores themes of love found in the popular Renaissance song known as the frottola, Robert Green joins us to talk about the French Baroque hurdy-gurdy, and Nicholas McGegan directs in the world-premiere recording of a Mendelssohn arrangement of Handel's Acis and Galatea.

September 7, 2010
New Music/Early Music: The New Brandenburgs, pt. 1
Harmonia explores the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s commissions inspired by the Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach, a look at prominent countertenors from the 1990s, and Rolf Lislevand performs music of the Italian Renaissance in the featured recording “Diminutito.”

September 14, 2010
The Mexican Baroque
A special Harmonia devoted to the baroque music of Mexico, including works by Gaspar Fernandes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, a brief look at the Jesús Sánchez Garza Collection of Spanish colonial manuscripts, and Lee Santana leads Ensemble Continuo in an unusual take on the guitar music of Santiago de Murcia.

September 21, 2010
Handel’s Harp
Harmonia explores George Frideric Handel’s harp music with baroque harp virtuoso Maxine Eilander, the Toronto Consort performs works for Queen Elizabeth I, and More Hispano improvises on music from the Spanish and Italian Renaissance.

September 28, 2010
Cançonièr and The Black Dragon
Harmonia explores medieval music from the time of Vlad Dracula with ensemble Cançonièr, Imagem da Melancolia performs works from the Portuguese Renaissance, and harpsichordist Robert Hill plays Bach’s viola da gamba sonatas on the lautenwerk with gambist Ekkehard Weber.