Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “Early Music in Knechtsteden, Part Two”. Dorothee Oberlinger is the recorder soloist in many short works by Anonymous composers. Also on the program Handel’s cantata “Mi palpita il cor” with counter-tenor Dmitri Sinkovsky.
Herne (pronounced HAIR-nuh) is a city of over 170,000 people in the North Rhine-Westpahlia region of Germany known for it's Early Music Festival.
"The Armed Man" is a cautionary tale from the 15th Century, a famous tune of the day, which became the 'cantus firmus' (fixed song) these composers used as the basis for their musical settings of the Mass.
A "Birthday" Ode", "Funeral Sentences" and other 'early music' from the Summer 2016 Festival in Herne, Germany.
You'll hear the Sollazzo Ensemble and Cantus Coln, with (mainly) works by composers you and I have never heard of before
