The holidays are over. Time for a vacation!

This afternoon on The Classical Network, we’ll get away from it all with a musical escape to the Mediterranean.

On today’s Noontime Concert, the Alba Consort will present “Renaissance Reborn,” early music from Mediterranean France, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Armenia, with contributions from the Sephardic tradition and works from Venice, from a vibrant era when East met West. Also featured will be variations on a Machaut viralei by contemporary composer Leonard Lehrman.

The program was performed on the Midtown Concerts series, presented in part by Gotham Early Music Scene (or GEMS). These free lunchtime concerts take place on Thursdays at 1:15 p.m., at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Avenue, in New York City.

GEMS is a non-profit corporation that supports and promotes artists and organizations in New York City devoted to early music – music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical periods. For more information about the St. Bart’s concerts and other GEMS’ events, look online at gemsny.org.

Then, following today’s concert broadcast, we’ll linger in the region with music inspired by the Mediterranean and works by composers from adjacent lands.

I hope you’ll join me for some musical souvenirs from a cruise around the Mediterranean, this afternoon from 12 to 4 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.