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Holiday Special: Seasonal Settings and Angelic Appearances

Series: Harmonia Early Music
From: WFIU
Length: 00:58:59

An hour-long program of early music, celebrating the holiday season with Christmas chant settings, music featuring angels, and more! Read the full description.

Annunciation_martini_small Harmonia celebrates the holidays with seasonal settings and angelic appearances.  We'll hear renaissance composers' settings of chants for Christmas and behold earthly visitiations by angels bringing glad tidings.  We'll conclude with a retelling of The Christmas Story, our featured release by Theater of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen.

Featuring music by Heinrich Finck, Heinrich Isaac, Francisco Guerrero, Antonio Coma, and much more.  Performed by The Rose Ensemble, the Theater of Voices, Francesco Tasini, Bernard Fouccroulle, the Tudor Consort, Oxford Camerata, and more.

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Piece Description

Harmonia celebrates the holidays with seasonal settings and angelic appearances.  We'll hear renaissance composers' settings of chants for Christmas and behold earthly visitiations by angels bringing glad tidings.  We'll conclude with a retelling of The Christmas Story, our featured release by Theater of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen.

Featuring music by Heinrich Finck, Heinrich Isaac, Francisco Guerrero, Antonio Coma, and much more.  Performed by The Rose Ensemble, the Theater of Voices, Francesco Tasini, Bernard Fouccroulle, the Tudor Consort, Oxford Camerata, and more.

Transcript

PLAYLIST

Francisco Guerrero: Villanescas I
Musica Ficta; Ens Fontegara / Raul Mallavibarrena, director
Enchiriadis / 2005 / B004KKYC4G
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Tr. 11 - A un niño llorando al yelo (4:55)

Program Topic A:
Chant example:
The Chants of Christmas
Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola
GDCD 123 / 2010 / B0043SS2CI
Tr. 16: Ad Missam in Die: Introit: Puer Natus Est Nobias (excerpt)

Lumina: Christmas Around The 1500s
Capilla Flamenca
Eufoda/Cnd 2008 9058264394
Heinrich Finck (1444/5-1527)
Tr. 9 - Puer natus est (6'00")

Sacred Music at the Vienna Court Chapel
Clemencic Consort
Oehms Classics 2008 B002K0NACI
Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517)
Tr. 3 - Puer natus est nobis (3'48")

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

Segment B:
Chant example:
The Chants of Christmas
Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola
GDCD 123 / 2010 / B0043SS2CI
Tr.25: Antiphons To The B...
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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
16:57 [10:57 into file SEG 3] FLOATING BREAK (:29 music bed)
Outcue: "... can be found online at harmonia early music dot org."
29:16 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (:59 music bed)
Outcue: "...I'm Angela Mariani."
30:16 Segment 5
44:25 [14:09 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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