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Harmonia Holiday Special: Noel, Noel!

Series: Harmonia Early Music
From: WFIU
Length: 00:59:00

An hourlong program of early music exploring the word "Noel" through music from the middle ages to the early baroque. Celebrate the season with this special, eclectic music! Read the full description.

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A Christian expression of joy, the word "noel" has been associated with Christmas for hundreds of years. Harmonia looks at its many guises in music from the Middle Ages to the early baroque.

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Piece Description

A Christian expression of joy, the word "noel" has been associated with Christmas for hundreds of years. Harmonia looks at its many guises in music from the Middle Ages to the early baroque.

Timing and Cues

Total Program Length: 59:00

ACCUM TIME:
00:00 Segment 1: Program Intro
Incue: Theme Music
01:00 Segment 2: Optional Cutaway for News
06:00 Segment 3
15:44 [9:44 into SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue:. "…The performers were Capella Alamire, the Sixteen, and the Folger Consort."
29:09 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
30:09 Segment 5
39:25 [9:15 into SEG 5] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "… tenors Gilles Ragon and Bruno Boterf sang Giacomo Carissimi’s motet “Immensus genitor."
59:00 End Program
Outcue: "...for the next edition of Harmonia." (Theme Music)

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