One of the Mozart “Viola Quintets” and music of Biber on the “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s “K. 614 Viola Quintet” and Beethoven’s “Variations on a tune from Mozart’s “Magic Flute” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear Heinrich Biber’s “Missa Alleluia” on “Early Music Now”.

Sunday April 19: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 20-30)

Music of the Enlightenment III

David Ludwig (b. 1974: American): Aria Fantasy for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello Michael Brown, Piano; Bella Hristova, Violin; Richard O'Neill, Viola; Mihai Marica, Cello

Beethoven: Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Die Zauberflöte for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 Keith Robinson, Cello; Orion Weiss, Piano

Mozart: Quintet in E-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 614 Sean Lee, Alexi Kenney, Violin; Yura Lee, Misha Amory, Viola; Nicholas Canellakis, Cello

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Early Music Now with Sara Schneider (EMN 19-43)

Christus surrexit!

Early Music Now celebrates Easter with jubilant motets, mass movements, and cantatas, including Heinrich Biber's Missa Alleluja for 36 parts, selections from Bach's Easter cantata Der Himmel Lacht, BWV 31, and Michael Praetorius' Hymns of Peace and Praise. Also included are tracks from Venice in the East, a 2019 release from Cappella Romana, with chant from the Byzantine and Venetian Commemorations of the Paschal Triduum.

Anon.: Easter selections from Byzantine & Venetian Paschal Triduum; Cappella Romana

Antoine Busnoys: Victimae Paschali Laudes; Pomerium

Anon.: Easter chant settings from Buxheimer Organ Book; Raimund Schächer, organ

Michael Praetorius: Jubiliret Fröhlich; Musica Fiata

Heinrich Biber: Missa Alleluja (selections); Gradus ad Parnassum

J.S. Bach: Der Himmel lacht (selections); Holland Boys Choir & Netherlands Bach Collegium

Heinrich Biber: Missa Alleluja -Agnus Dei; Gradus ad Parnassum