Sara Schneider
- Username: Sara_Schneider
- PRX Member
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Station-Based
Recent Pieces from Sara Schneider
EMN 23-46: Feast of the Pheasant, 4/29/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
The Burgundians knew how to party, and the Feast of the Pheasant has gone down in history as one of the most extravagant social occasions of the 15th century. This edition of ...
EMN 23-45: A Medieval Pilgrimage, 4/22/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
This week we're listening to a medieval musical drama for the Easter season: the Play of the Pilgrims to Emmaus. Ensemble Organum performs this 12th-century work from a ...
EMN 23-44: Israel in Egypt, 4/15/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt was first performed in London in April of 1739. We'll hear selections from a recent release from Apollo's Fire, directed by Jeannette ...
EMN 23-43: Sun, Moon, and Stars, 4/8/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Today's show is full of celestial music to celebrate the total eclipse visible in parts of the US! Various heavenly bodies are mentioned in texts set by composers like Thomas ...
EMN 23-42: Rejoice and be glad!, 4/1/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
An eclectic Easter celebration awaits you this week, including Bach's cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden, William Byrd's Mass Propers for Easter, plus motets by Giovanni ...
EMN 23-41: Holy Week, 3/25/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
In commemoration of Holy Week, we're listening to an unusual setting of the Passion story by Adrian Willaert. With its innovative polyphony and homogenous text setting, it ...
EMN 23-40: Early Music Rediscovered, 3/18/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
A heartfelt setting of Stabat Mater by Bohemian composer František Tůma lay forgotten in a monastery library in Germany until it was rediscovered by renowned countertenor ...
EMN 23-39: St. Patrick's Day, 3/11/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
We're celebrating all things Celtic on this week's show, including music by the Irish harper and bard Turlough O'Carolan, selections from Jordi Savall's The Celtic Viol, and ...
EMN 23-38: Monastic Song, 3/4/2024
(58:30)
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Two famous medieval personalities are at the heart of this program: philosopher and teacher Peter Abelard (1079-1142) and visionary and polymath Hildegard of Bingen ...
