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baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · 1d

Bach called them his “Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments.” We know them as the Brandenburg Concertos. Join me tonight at 10CT for “Baroque&Before.” Maurice Steger & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra present all six. Also On Demand page, 30 days after the broadcast. www.wfmt.com/2025/10/22/b...

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos | WFMT

The title is French and sums it up: “Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments,” as Bach himself called his famous concerto collection. The Swiss recorder player and conductor Maurice Steger and Frankfu...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · 8d

#EarlyMusicWednesday François Couperin told us how to play the harpsichord (“L’Art de toucher le clavecin.”) Christophe Rousset shows us how. Please join me for “Baroque&Before” tonight, 10Central on WFMT or access the 30-day post-broadcast stream. www.wfmt.com/2025/10/15/i...

In the Patron's Shadow: Christophe Rousset in Works by Couperin | WFMT

François Couperin knew all too well that the artist, immersed in the uncertainties of his world, must depend on the protection of a patron who, in return, enhances his social image as a promoter of th...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · 15d

#EarlyMusicWednesday Bach synthesized the history of music as he knew it in his B Minor Mass. 2nite, 10CT, Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704 & vocal soloists in this live concert recording from Prague’s Rudolfinum. www.wfmt.com/2025/10/08/b...

Bach: Mass in b minor | WFMT

Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704, and vocal soloists in one of the supreme works of the Baroque era; one that has fascinated musicians and listeners for more than 2...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · 22d

#EarlyMusicWednesday The King’s Singers & Sarband bring us Psalms of David: songs of lament & joy & praise & glory in settings by Salamone Rossi, Claude Goudimel, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck & Alî Ufkî. Join us tonight, 10CT on WFMT for “Baroque&Before with Candice Agree.” www.wfmt.com/2025/10/01/s...

Sacred Bridges: Psalms of David | WFMT

Creating a musical exploration of the complex intertwinings – the sacred bridges – between Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · 29d

#EarlyMusicWednesday Benedetto Marcello, inspired by the extraordinary faith he encountered in the synagogues of early 18th-c. Venice, set paraphrases of the Psalms of David. Join me 2nite, 10CT for “Baroque&Before”on WFMT Chicago www.wfmt.com/2025/09/24/l...

Les chemins hébraïques du baroque | WFMT

Passionate about Hebraic spiritual traditions, Benedetto Marcello was inspired by the extraordinary faith he encountered in the synagogues of early 18th-century Venice. Selections from Marcello’s sett...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Sep 17

#EarlyMusicWednesday Jordi Savall explores 13th-century Ars antigua & the exchange of musical ideas among Jews, Muslims & Catholics of the High Middle Ages in “Ramon Llull: Times of Conquest, Dialogue & Exhortation.” Join me tonite, 10CT for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/09/17/t...

The World of Ramon Llull | WFMT

Ramon Llull (1232-1316) was one of the most prominent writers and poets of medieval Catalonia, living at a time marked by the coexistence, not always peacefully, of the three Abrahamic religious cultu...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Sep 10

#EarlyMusicWednesday Join me tonight at 10CT for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT. Swiss vocal ensemble Corund brings us sacred madrigals & the 1605 Requiem of Tomás Luis de Victoria, the greatest of all Iberian composers. ¡No te pierdas! www.wfmt.com/2025/09/10/c...

Corund Ensemble & Tomás Luis de Victoria | WFMT

Known as the “Spanish Palestrina,” Tomás Luis de Victoria has been called the greatest of all Iberian composers.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Sep 3

#EarlyMusicWednesday Violinist & conductor Jaap Schröder was a pioneer of the historically-informed performance movement. Join me tonight at 10CT to enjoy surprisingly fresh interpretations of Bach, Vivaldi & Roman on “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/09/03/j...

Profile: Jaap Schröder | WFMT

We celebrate violinist Jaap Schröder, one of the first pioneers to present performances of baroque, and later, classical works, on period instruments.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Aug 27

#EarlyMusicWednesday! Tonight, travel back to Prague's Summer Festivities of Early Music for a live concert of 17th century gems, featuring the wonderful Capella de la Torre ensemble. 10 pm CT. www.wfmt.com/2025/08/27/t...

Tempus mirabilium: Hopes & Dreams | WFMT

Peace, love, hope, salvation. Soprano Hana Blažíková joins Capella de la Torre for a program of early seventeenth-century Germany and Italy celebrating an age of miracles. Recorded live in concert Jul...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Aug 20

#EarlyMusicWednesday From Prague’s Early Music Festival: historical brass ensemble Oltremontano Antwerpen & female vocal ensemble Tiburtina in 15th-c. monophonic chant and polyphonic hymns. Join Candice Agree tonight, 10CT on Baroque&Before with Candice Agree on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/08/20/p...

Music of the Angels | WFMT

Inspired by Hans Memling’s altarpiece for a Spanish nunnery, and using instruments built especially for this project, historical brass ensemble Oltremontano Antwerp and the female vocal ensemble Tibur...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Aug 13

#EarlyMusicWednesday Daringly avant-garde when Monteverdi wrote it some 415 years ago, his “Vespers for the Blessed Virgin” remains one of the greatest sacred works ever written. Join me to hear this glorious marvel on “Baroque&Before” tonight, 10CT on WFMT. www.wfmt.com/2025/08/13/m...

Apollo's Fire & Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 | WFMT

Jeannette Sorrell, founder and director of Apollo's Fire, describes Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers as "daringly avant-garde...”

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Aug 6

#EarlyMusicWednesday Madness! Madness I tell you! La Follia! 1 melody, 11 composers with Ensemble 1700. Join me tonite, 10CT for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/08/06/l...

La Follia with Ensemble 1700 | WFMT

More than 150 composers have incorporated the La Follia theme into their own works. On this edition of Baroque&Before, Soprano Núria Rial joins Ensemble 1700, under the direction of recorder player Do...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jul 30

#EarlyMusicWednesday Tonight at 10 Central, The Red Book of Montserrat, a 14th-century collection of devotional texts and music for pilgrims making their way to the Montserrat Monastery. Join us for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/07/30/j...

Jordi Savall: El Llibre Vermell de Montserrat | WFMT

El Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, or the Red Book of Montserrat, is a 14th-century collection of devotional texts and music.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jul 23

#EarlyMusicWednesday Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, lauded for her interpretations of Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and more, also excelled in baroque and renaissance music, the repertory we'll hear her in tonight at 10CT on “Baroque&Before” on WFMT

Teresa Berganza: Early Music Repertory | WFMT

We celebrate the artistic legacy of Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, who died May 13, 2022 at the age of 89.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jul 16

#EarlyMusicWednesday Female vocal ensemble Psallentes brings us anonymous works from the Codex Las Huelgas & Hildegard of Bingen’s Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula. Join me s tonight, 10CT for Baroque&Before with Candice Agree on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/07/16/c...

Codex Las Huelgas with Psallentes Ensemble | WFMT

Mothers and wives are the roles traditionally assigned to women. For centuries, however, a large number of well-educated and privileged women — empresses, queens, nuns, aristocrats, and businesswomen ...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jul 9

#EarlyMusicWednesday Hear 17th-century Catalan composer Joan Cererols’s rarely heard Neapolitan-influenced “Missa pro defunctis” tonight at 10CT on WFMT’s “Baroque&Before.” No t'ho perdis! Don’t miss it! www.wfmt.com/2025/07/09/j...

Jordi Savall: Works by Diego Ortiz & Joan Cererols | WFMT

Works by two composers from Spain with a Neapolitan connection: Toledo-born composer and music theorist Diego Ortiz, and Catalan musician and Benedictine monk Joan Cererols.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jul 2

#EarlyMusicWednesday “[T]he feel of the strings with both hands and it's up against your solar plexus,…there's nothing between you and the music.” Guitarist & lutenist Julian Bream’s on “Baroque&Before” tonight at 10CT on WFMT. Join us! www.wfmt.com/2025/07/02/c...

Lutenist & Guitarist Julian Bream | WFMT

Along with Andrés Segovia, Bream is regarded as the most charismatic and influential classical guitarist of the 20th century.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jun 25

From the Church of San Maurizio in Milan’s Monastero Maggiore, Canticum’s 8 male voices & Lorenzo Ghielmi, playing the 16th-century Gian Giacomo Antegnati organ, in musical flowers by Fresbobaldi. Join me tonight, 10CT for @BaroqueBefore on @WFMTclassical www.wfmt.com/2025/06/25/a...

A Frescobaldi Musical Flower | WFMT

A child prodigy born into a wealthy Ferraresi family, Girolamo Frescobaldi published his Fiori musicali in 1635. Close to 60 years old, these musical flowers are his only compositions devoted to churc...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jun 18

#EarlyMusicWednesday Giulio Prandi leads the Ghislieri Chorus, Orchestra & soloists in Naples-born Spaniard Davide Perez’s Mattutino de’ Morti, considered the most significant musical work of 18th century Portugal. Join us tonite, 10CT for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/06/18/a...

A Portuguese Pilgrimage | WFMT

On this week’s edition of Baroque&Before, Giulio Prandi leads the Ghislieri Chorus, Orchestra, and soloists in Mattutino de’ Morti by Davide Perez, born in Naples of Spanish heritage. The work, writte...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jun 12

#EarlyMusicWednesday From Stockholm’s Early Music Festival: Harpsichordist Marcin Świątkiewicz and Arte dei Suonatori explore the Polish influence in German baroque music. Join me 2nite, 10CT for WFMT’s “Baroque&Before.” www.wfmt.com/2025/06/11/a...

Arte dei Suonatori | WFMT

Harpsichordist Marcin Świątkiewicz and Ensemble Arte dei Suonatori lead us on a fascinating journey through the diversity of the Baroque era, exploring Polish influences in works by Johann Sebastian B...

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baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jun 5

#EarlyMusicWednesday Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in sonatas of the Italian Baroque. Recorded live in concert in the world’s largest wooden Baroque church and a Unesco World heritage site. Join me tonight 10CT for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/06/04/s...

Sonate italiane | WFMT

Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in Italian sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded live in concert July 22, 2023, in the extraordinary acoustics o...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · Jun 5

#EarlyMusicWednesday Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in sonatas of the Italian Baroque. Recorded live in concert in the world’s largest wooden Baroque church and a Unesco World heritage site. Join me tonight 10CT for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/06/04/s...

Sonate italiane | WFMT

Violinist Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in Italian sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Tartini, Veracini and Locatelli. Recorded live in concert July 22, 2023, in the extraordinary acoustics o...

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Candice Agree @voicecandy.bsky.social · May 28

#EarlyMusicWednesday How to play the harpsichord: François Couperin told us how; Cristophe Rousset shows us how. Hope you can join us for “Baroque&Before” tonight, 10Central on WFMT. www.wfmt.com/2025/05/28/i...

In the Patron's Shadow: Christophe Rousset in Works by Couperin | WFMT

François Couperin knew all too well that the artist, immersed in the uncertainties of his world, must depend on the protection of a patron who, in return, enhances his social image as a promoter of th...

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · May 21

#EarlyMusicWednesday Music from the 13-17th century Spain is an Iberian melting pot, its ingredients from Jewish, Roman, Germanic, Byzantine, French & Arabic cultures. Join me tonight, 10 Central for “Baroque&Before” on WFMT www.wfmt.com/2025/05/21/t...

The Five Kingdoms of Mediæval Spain | WFMT

Roman, Germanic, Byzantine, French, Arabic, and Jewish cultures all contributed to Spanish music.

baroqueandbefore.bsky.social @baroqueandbefore.bsky.social · May 14

#EarlyMusicWednesday From Gregorian chant to the galant, Bach synthesized the history of music as he knew it in his B Minor Mass. Hear this masterpiece, recorded live in concert in Prague’s Rudolfinum tonight, 10CT on “Baroque&Before” with Candice Agree on WFMT. www.wfmt.com/2025/05/14/b...

Bach: Mass in b minor | WFMT

Nicholas Kraemer leads the Czech Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale 1704, and vocal soloists in one of the supreme works of the Baroque era; one that has fascinated musicians and listeners for more than 2...