Program Listings - June 2005

June 6
05-23: Crusades
Despite the politics, culture wars, and zealotry that ran rampant during the Crusades, the conflict indirectly resulted in a musical exchange between cultures that had a profound effect on European medieval music. Also, two new releases from violinist John Holloway.

June 13
05-24: Secret Societies/Secret names
Move over, DaVinci Code! Secrecy and exclusivity were highly prized virtues throughout early history, and musicians were in the thick of it! Also -- Romantics tune in! We'll be sampling a new recording on the topic of Tristan and Isolda, from the ensemble Istampitta.

June 20
05-25: Tromba Marina
So what is a Tromba Marina? Interesting, unprofitable, and questionable instruments will be the focus. Think of it as an instrumental "survival of the fittest!" Also, a new release of Overtures for the Hamburg Opera featuring the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.

June 27
05-26
What is it that lets us describe a piece or a performance as "early music?" That's the question on Harmonia this week. We'll hear diverse answers from musicologists who define the term for us; and we'll hear a sampling of Tafelmusik's new rendition of a Beethoven Symphony on period instruments.

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