Harmonia Uncut

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Harmonia Uncut: Impossible Historical Performances Jul 06, 2020

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On this episode of Harmonia Uncut, we visit two lone musicians, one in Ohio and one in Berlin, already alone before the pandemic, recording themselves playing all the parts of their pieces. Tricky stuff!

Familiarity and Freshness Jun 22, 2020

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We'll hear excerpts from “The People’s Purcell” by Le Nef with Michael Slattery at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival’s opening concert of 2017.

Harmonia Uncut: Elizabethan Enterprise Jun 08, 2020

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Ah, time travel! Today’s podcast revisits Music before 1800 in New York City in January of 1979 to bring you excerpts from a concert of fifteenth century Italian music.

Harmonia Uncut: Waltham Abbey 1993 May 25, 2020

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The Waltham Abbey Singers perform music of Thomas Tallis.

Harmonia Uncut: Viols, Vinci & Vittoria May 11, 2020

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Three strands are braided together into this episode of Harmonia Uncut: copies of viols from Lombardy performing music from Lombardy that sets spiritual sonnets written by the first published female poet.

Harmonia Uncut: Potpourri - Hair Shirts & Blisters on Fingers Apr 27, 2020

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On today’s podcast, we’ll hear a trouvère song by Gace Brulé with voice and vielle by Aaron Cain and Joanna Blendulf. Then...ever heard of David Baudinger? You won’t forget the name after you hear this performance by viola da gamba player Joshua Keller.

Harmonia Uncut: 50 Shades of Baroque Apr 13, 2020

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The supergroup 50 Shades of Baroque perform in a concert most intriguingly titled eponymously. We'll hear music by the Italian composer Antonio Caldara.

Harmonia Uncut: Black Tulip and the Delights of Arcadia Mar 30, 2020

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Ensemble Black Tulip in concert, celebrating the delights of Arcadia, including pastoral solo cantatas by Handel and Alessandro Scarlatti.

Harmonia Uncut: Ensemble Alkemie Unites Music and Magic Mar 16, 2020

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We’ll hear some ‘Alkemical’ medieval songs and dance,

Harmonia Uncut: Piffaro “Back before Bach” Mar 02, 2020

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Excerpts from renowned renaissance band Piffaro's March 2018 Philadelphia concert.