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Pompeian wall painting, (45-79 AD). Ariadne sleeping on the coast of Naxos as Theseus boards his ship.

Monteverdi: 40 Years of Madrigals

This hour on Harmonia, we explore the madrigals of Monteverdi from his earliest collections in the 1590s to his innovative “Madrigals of War and Love” – over 40 years of madrigals! Along the way we will experience the extremes of human emotions, from the heights of joy to the depths of despair. Read More »

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Different Ways to Think About Early Music

On Sunday, May 21, the Bloomington Early Music Festival kicks off a whole week of concerts and activities under the theme "Arabia, Iberia, and Latin America," expanding the focus of early music beyond Europe.

We'll hear music of Francois Devienne, CPE Bach, and Frédéric Duvernoy performed in 1988 by Colin St. Martin and Richard Seraphinoff, who were students at the IU Early Music Institute at that time.

We'll hear music from the viol consort Phantasm during their 1999 U.S. tour.

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Dancing from Pavane to Polonaise

From Edwin Austin Abbey's painting A Pavane, 1897

This hour on Harmonia, we take a journey across Europe to explore the many types of dances that inspired music from the 16th to 18th centuries. Along the way, we’ll hear stately pavanes, lilting allemandes, and playful polonaises.

Carravaggio's painting "Still Life with Fruit"

We’re celebrating the harvest season. From pumpkins and cool breezes to the more spiritual aspects of remembrance and mortality, we’ve got bushels of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century tunes to put you in an autumn mood.

A snake slithers at your feet. A slimy frog leaps from a lily pad onto your head, and a fantastical serpent squiggles past—so begins a spooky evening creepy week...on Harmonia. We’ll explore music based on slimy, slithering, and squiggling things. Plus, orchestral suites by Telemann on our featured recording. Join us!

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Monteverdi: 40 Years of Madrigals

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Different Ways to Think About Early Music

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Harmonia Uncut: Phantasm's Flights of Fantasy and Fugue

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Dancing from Pavane to Polonaise

Bountiful Harvest Music

Slimy, Slithering, and Squiggling Things

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