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Focus on Flowers episodes

September 01, 2008 The Leuven Dance Book and English Dancing Master
This week we'll listen to a couple releases of dance music published by Petrus Phalesius (Passacaille) and John Playford (Berlin Classics).
2 min
August 25, 2008 Music for the Jesuits, pt. 1
The Society of Jesus was founded by Ignatius Loyola during the first half of the 16th Century. This week on Harmonia we'll explore some of the composers associated with the Jesuits, including Massenzio, Kapsperger, Charpentier, and others. A new release by French Canadian lutenist Sylvain Bergeron will also be heard.
2 min
August 25, 2008 Psyche and Semele
This week we explore two exceptional recent releases of operas by Jean Baptiste Lully (Psyche) and Marin Marais (Semele).
2 min
August 18, 2008 The New Release Show
This week on Harmonia we’ll enjoy an entire program of new releases. We’ll be skipping the main course and moving straight on to dessert as we explore music of Dufay, the English Renaissance, Heinrich Schütz, little-known German baroque composers, and Handel.
2 min
August 18, 2008 Telemann's Wind Concertos
The German CPO label brings us the latest release by La Stagione Frankfurt and Camerata Cologne in volume three of their Telemann wind concerto series.
2 min
August 11, 2008 The Rose Ensemble
This week, music by The Rose Ensemble from early Spain, Baroque Mexico, and 19th-century Hawaii, plus a debut release of the trio Rubato Appassionato.
2 min
August 04, 2008 La Pellegrina
The main entertainment of the 1589 wedding of Ferdinando de’ Medici to Christine of Lorraine was the comedy La pellegrina. Today it is remembered for the six musical interludes or intermedi that accompanied it. This week we discuss performances by the Huelgas Ensemble and the Taverner Consort and explore a new release by William and Henry Lawes.
2 min
July 28, 2008 Great Musicians Series: Eric Hoeprich
Our Great Musicians Series continues this week on Harmonia with early clarinetist Eric Hoeprich. Plus, a new release by harpsichordist Bradley Brookshire.
2 min
July 28, 2008 Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Two releases of Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo, a new one performed by Music from Aston Magna and a classic one with the New London Consort.
2 min
July 21, 2008 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 explore versions by Lully, Literes, Handel, and Naumann, as well as a new release of Buxtehude’s organ music.
2 min