Check out this phenomenal performance of the music of Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Hyacinthe Jadin from my friends in the Cramer Quartet presented by SoHIP!
Schütz' Rorate Caeli
The text of Rorate caeli is usually associated with the liturgical season of Advent, but this setting by Schütz seemed fitting given all the rain we've had in the Northeast this past week!
Miserere mei - L'Héritier
Many people know the "Miserere mei" settings of Allegri and Byrd, but how about this gorgeous setting by Jean L'Héritier?
Monteverdi mass for four voices
Remember the video on "stretto fuga" from June 14 (how much can a composer do with two intervals)? Here's an entire mass Monteverdi wrote using that idea!
African Diaspora Music Project
Planning concerts, programming a recital, or just want to explore rep beyond the usual "dead white European men" category? Check out (and use!) this incredible resource including music from ~1700-present!
Stretto fuga - a masterpiece of two intervals
How much can you really do with two intervals? If you were a Renaissance composer, quite a bit! Early Music Sources explains the stretto fuga with some fantastic examples from Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610!
Membra Jesu Nostri
Bach didn't exist in a vacuum - check out this fantastic performance of Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri from some friends/colleagues in DC!
Lobet den Herrn
"Lobet den Herrn" was the first of Bach's motets that I learned (with Dr. Steven Zielke and the OSU Chamber Choir) though 21-year-old me would never have believed it could sound like this!
Contrappunto bestiale alla mente
We've listened to madrigals with bird calls, but Banchieri's “Contrappunto bestiale alla mente” includes a cuckoo, an owl, a cat, and a dog!
Weep, weep mine eyes
Thomas Morley may get more attention, but madrigals by John Wilbye are my personal guilty pleasure, including this beauty featured in Tramontana's English program several years ago!