Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Brahms’ “2nd Piano Quartet” on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 you’ll hear an entire program of music by Josquin on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.
The Danish String Quartet plays the Beethoven Quartets you'll hear on tonight's programs..
"American Dances" includes music by Barber, Gershwin, O'Connor and Tsontakis, while "This Place is a Zoo" has music by Telemann, Dowland, Buxtehude and others.
"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.
