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memo episode 05:
◆ Preparations for a concert in Worms. ◆ The famous musical doctor Felix Platter from Basel. ◆ Interpreting incomplete musical sources. ◆ A "reconstruction" of Pierre Attaingnant's Bransle Poictou by Hopkinson Smith and my contribution to it. |
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memo episode 04:
◆ Warfare and music? ◆ Clément Janequin's song "La Guerre" and Marco dall'Aquila's arrangement. ◆ The Battle of Marignano, 1515. ◆ The "Battaglia" genre. ◆ Jimi Hendrix' "Machine Gun" and how war changed. ◆ Giovanni G. Kapsperger's battaglia for the pope, 1640. |
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memo episode 03:
◆ CD review: Dolci Sospiri by United Continuo Ensemble. ◆ La Folia – "the Spanish folly". ◆ Andrea Falconieri and cultural exchange in 17th century Naples. ◆ Velázquez and the Caravaggists. ◆ "The Devil's Son in Law" and how he was defeated with a pair of violins... |
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memo episode 02:
◆ Leonardo da Vinci's The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and its reception. ◆ A piece of music I wrote based on that painting. ◆ Leonardo's notebook and why he believed that "music should be given no other name than the sister of painting". |
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memo episode 01:
◆ A very special musical manuscript that I've been working with lately. ◆ How early music is often misinterpreted. ◆ A piece from said manuscript, the "Birdcage Fantasia" and my interpretation of it. ◆ The musical symbolism of songbirds in art. |