The pull of history will be strong tomorrow morning on WPRB, as we celebrate Early Music Month. We’ll examine the influences of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance on “contemporary” composers – that is to say, composers who lived within the past 100 years. In fact, several of them (William Kraft, Paul Lansky, and Kile Smith) are still very much with us.

At 9:00, I’ll be joined by John Burkhalter, a stalwart of the local Early Music scene and a member of the Guild for Early Music. He’ll fill us in on the Guild and its series of upcoming concerts featuring vocal and instrumental music from the 12th through the 18th centuries. The concerts will be presented by the Guild’s member groups throughout the month of March. You’ll find a complete schedule at guildforearlymusic.org.

Plainchant and polyphony, pavanes and galliards, madrigals and lute pieces, all will shimmer as if from a distant mirror, as we enjoy 20th and 21st century classics inspired by the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. I’ll be feeling a tad Middle Aged myself, on Classic Ross Amico.

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