A String Quartet by Beethoven and a Mass by Josquin on the “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear the Danish String Quartet play Beethoven’s Opus 135 String Quartet and Nielsen’s “4th String Quartet on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear a Mass by Josquin on “Early Music Now”.

Sunday June 21: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 19-39)

Danish Quartet: Beethoven & Nielsen

Beethoven: Quartet in F major for Strings, Op. 135 Danish String Quartet

Nielsen: Quartet No. 4 in F major for Strings, Op. 44 Danish String Quartet

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Early Music Now with Sara Schneider (EMN 19-52)

Music at the Estes Court

The Estes of Ferrara were renowned patrons of music and welcomed some of the greatest singers and composers of the day to their court. We'll hear selections from Josquin's “Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie”, which he wrote especially for Duke Ercole I d'Este, along with music by other composers associated with this illustrious cultural center like Dufay, Brumel, and Johannes Martini. Our performers include the Hilliard Ensemble and La Reverdie.

Guillaume Dufay: C’est bien raison. La Reverdie

Anon.: Belfiore. La Reverdie
Johannes Martini: Des biens amors a 4. Rose Consort of Viols
Johannes Martini: La martinella. Rose Consort of Viols
Johannes Martini: Flos virginum. Stimmwerck
Antoine Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motus- Kyrie. The Tallis Scholars
Heinrich Isaac: La mi la sol. Oltremontano.
Josquin des Prez: Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (Selections). The Hilliard Ensemble
Anon.: Fortuna Desperata a 4. Rose Consort of Viols