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The Frottola and Renaissance Love

Series: Harmonia Early Music
From: WFIU
Length: 00:59:03

An hourlong program of early music, exploring themes of love found in the popular Renaissance song known as the frottola. Plus, Robert Green talks about the French Baroque hurdy-gurdy, and world-premiere recording of a Mendelssohn arrangement of Handel's Acis and Galatea. Would make a lovely Valentine's program! Read the full description.

Frottola_-_antico_intav_small Harmonia explores themes of love found in the popular Renaissance song known as the frottola, Musicologist 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. 

Makes no specific mention of the holiday, but would make a lovely Valentine's program! 

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Piece Description

Harmonia explores themes of love found in the popular Renaissance song known as the frottola, Musicologist 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. 

Makes no specific mention of the holiday, but would make a lovely Valentine's program! 

Timing and Cues

Program # 691
TIMINGS & CUES / PLAYLIST
FROM: WFIU-Bloomington
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
21:02 [15:02 into file SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue:. "... all week long on Twitter. Just search for Harmonia."
29:16 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
30:16 Segment 5
41:22 [11:05 into file SEG 5] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "It's all online at harmonia early music dot org."
59:00 End Program
Outcue: "...for the next edition of Harmonia." (Theme Music)

PROMO: Harmonia explores themes of love found in the popular Renaissance song known as the frottola, Musicologist 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.

PLAYLIST

Time Capsule Music Bed:
Kerstin Frödin, recorder
Works of Sandström, Broman, Hotteterre, Blavet, Telemann, and Shinohara
KMH (1999)
Anonymous
Tr. 1: Belicha (excerpt)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Motets For Holy Week and Mass For 4 Choirs
Montreal Studio for Early Music/Christopher Jackson
ATMA (2005) [ASIN: B002WX276I]
Tr. 8: Mass for Four Choirs, "Agnus Dei" (excerpt)

Program Topic A:
Frottole
Marco Beasley and Accordone/Guido Morini
Cypres (2005) [ASIN: B000BUUKPY]
Bartolomeo Tromboncino
Tr. 1: Ostinato vo' seguire (3:19)

Dulces Exuviae
Ensemble Les Nations/Maria Luisa Baldassari
Tactus (2006) [ASIN: B000CQQYTI]
Bartolomeo Tromboncino
Tr. 14: "Cum rides mihi" - instrumental (4:39)
Tr. 19: "Hor ch'il cielo e la terra" - instrumental (2:37)
Tr. 3: "Si e debile il filo" - instrumental (2:52)

:29 Floating Break Music Bed:
Phillips, Galliard Dolorosa, Bertrand Cuiller

Frottole
Marco Beasley and Accordone/Guido Morini
Cypres (2005) [ASIN: B000BUUKPY]
Antonio Caprioli
Tr. 4: "Sotto un verde e alto cipresso" (4:30)
Anonymous
Tr. 10: "Staralla ben cusì (1:39)

Theme Music Bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2 [ASIN: B000005J0B], T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal

:59 Midpoint Break Music Bed:
Saltarello e Piva, Dalza, Accordone

Program Topic B:
French Music for Hurdy-Gurdy
Robert Green, hurdy-gurdy, and Ensemble
Focus (1995) [https://www.indiana.edu/~mrktpl/focus/05.shtml]
Jacques Aubert
Tr. 9: L'Egrillard (2:30)
Michel Corrette
Tr. 3: Concerto Comique XI: I. Allegro (2:50)
Tr. 4: Concerto Comique XI: II. Adagio (1:24)
Tr. 5: Concerto Comique XI: III. Allegro (2:47)

:29 Floating Break Music Bed:
Morley, La Volta, New London Consort

Featured Release:
Acis and Galatea
G.F. Handel/Mendelssohn, arr.
FestspielOrchester Göttingen/Nicholas McGegan
Carus (2008) [ASIN: B001NOQ8N0]
Tr. 1: Ouverture (3:22)
Tr. 2: Chorus "Oh wie reizend ist dies tal" (5:37)
Tr. 15: Aria (Polyphem) "Du röter als die kirsche" (2:47)
Tr. 29: Chorus "Galatea, traure nicht" (2:49)

Harmonia Website:
HARMONIAEARLYMUSIC.ORG

Related Website

http://indianapublicmedia.org/harmonia/frottola-renaissance-love/