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The Far Side of the Veil

Series: Harmonia Early Music
From: WFIU
Length: 00:59:01

An hour-long program of early music, exploring the boundaries between this life and beyond. Try it for a different sort of Halloween special, or works anytime! Read the full description.

722-misty-graves-prxedit_small Welcome to Harmonia. . . . I'm Angela Mariani, and this hour, we're exploring the boundaries between this life and beyond.  We'll hear musical laments that pass beyond the veil from the Codex Las Huelgas, as well as a musical homage by Josquin des Prez, and death's depiction in the keyboard music of Johann Jakob Froberger.  Plus, we'll follow Percival on his quest for the Holy Grail, travel along Celtic crossroads, and hear a thirteenth-century service for St. Martin of Tours. Join us.

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Piece Description

Welcome to Harmonia. . . . I'm Angela Mariani, and this hour, we're exploring the boundaries between this life and beyond.  We'll hear musical laments that pass beyond the veil from the Codex Las Huelgas, as well as a musical homage by Josquin des Prez, and death's depiction in the keyboard music of Johann Jakob Froberger.  Plus, we'll follow Percival on his quest for the Holy Grail, travel along Celtic crossroads, and hear a thirteenth-century service for St. Martin of Tours. Join us.

Transcript

PLAYLIST

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

Hassler: Lustgarten Neuer Teutscher Gesäng
Capella Lipsiensis
Berlin Classics 2009 B004YKNXA6
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Tr. 5 - Unter alln auff disr erden (excerpt)

Program Topic A.:
Monastic Song: 12th-Century Monodies
Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier, dir.
Harmonia Mundi Fr. 1998 B000007MXT
Anonymous (Codex Las Huelgas, c. 1300)
Tr. 4 - Quis Dabit (3'20")

Josquin Desprez: Motets
Orlando Consort
DG 2007 B0018P0Y0W
Josquin des Prez (1450/5-1521)
Tr. 13 - La déploration de Johannes Ockeghem: Nymphes de bois à 5 (5'07")

German Music for Viols and Harpsichord
Les Filles de Sainte Colombe
Magnatune 2003 B000TPVKVE
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)
Tr. 7 - Tombeau de M. Blancheroche (4'54")

:29 Floating Brea...
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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
21:00 [15:00 into file SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue:. "... found online at harmonia early music dot org."
29:44 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
30:44 Segment 5
44:46 [14:01 into file SEG 5] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "... all week long on Twitter. Just search for Harmonia.."
59:00 End Program
Outcue: "...for the next edition of Harmonia." (Theme Music)

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