From Saturday, July 11 – Saturday, July 18, we invite you to connect with the Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF) through the power of video. Each day, we will share performance clips by internationally renowned early music musicians, who were scheduled to perform this year, as well as virtual lectures. All programming will premiere on […]
Live Classical Music Online Events
Here’s a calendar of classical music performances compiled by our volunteer hosts Sarah Brailey and Alan Muirhead of Musica Antiqua (our Early Music program on Sundays 8-11 am.) Watch this space for updates! WORT Classical Calendar – Online Events (featured photo by Manuel Nägeli on Unsplash) Live with Carnegie Hall: Music has the undeniable power to […]
Music for Easter
This Sunday will be a very different Easter as everyone stays Safer At Home. Our suggestion: tune in to Musica Antiqua for a variety of music for Lent and Easter, from 10th century chant to 16th century masterpieces by Victoria and Guerrero. You’ll also hear a wide range of secular and sacred music from Spain, […]
Michael Allsen returns!
About a year ago, Michael Allsen came to Musica Antiqua to talk about Guillaume Dufay, whom Michael had written his PhD thesis on. This coming Sunday, October 20 Michael returns to talk about and play music by Dufay’s friends and companions: Loqueville, Hugo & Arnold de Lantins, Grenon, Binchois, Brassart, et.al. This is a busy […]
John W. Barker retires
Last Sunday morning John W. Barker hosted his annual Christmas in July program on Musica Antiqua. During the show, he announced that it would be his last show, as failing health was forcing him to step down after nearly 20 years as one of the co-hosts on the program. John has been a major figure […]
Madison Early Music Festival
Madison Early Music Festival runs from July 6-13 on the UW-Madison campus and includes an evening concert series, free lectures, and a dance event (July 11) open to the public. Evening concerts: Dark Horse Consort (July 6), Alchymy Viols (July 7), HESPERUS (July 9), Calmus (July 12), and All-Festival Concert (July 13) – all at […]
