Focus on Flowers

Music from an ensemble who hopes to pass “seamlessly between different eras and musical styles, between now and then."

Strawflowers, sometimes called “everlasting flowers,” can be used in fresh arrangements, as well as dried for winter bouquets.

Occasionally we like to ask people in the field of early music: "What are you listening to?" This hour, we’re focusing on multi-instrumentalist Shira Kammen!

Claire McInerny speaks with Walt Bogdanich, assistant editor at The New York Times Investigations Desk.

Jealousy, murder, crimes of passion, hired assassins, and Marenzio's music for a pacifatory marriage.

A lot of the best plant combinations in my yard have occurred without my conscious intervention.

Plucked instruments—lutes, guitars, harps and harpsichords will pick and pizz us through the hour. Plus, a special tribute to lute player Pat O’Brien.

Kien Lam reads "Prayer," "Maturation Theory," and "God Theory."

In the garden, it seems easier to remember that perfection is not the goal.