Beyond Composers
Donald Macleod presents another selection of anonymous music and asks: when a work鈥檚 creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.
Donald Macleod presents another selection of music of undetermined authorship and asks: when a work鈥檚 creator is unknown, who else comes to the fore in its story? With Lisa Colton and Fay Hield.
El Cant de la Sibilla: (Extracts)
Montserrat Figueras, soprano
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, directed by Jordi Savall
The Banks of the Nile
Fay Hield, singer
Green Gravel
Fay Hield, singer
The Hurricane Party
In Te Domine speravi
Le Po猫me Harmonique, directed by Vincent Dumestre,
Three Medieval Dances: English Dance, Estampie Real, Salterello
Dufay Collective
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