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Robert Wylkynson: “Salve regina”

In Robert Wylkynson’s “Salve regina” from the Eton Choirbook we find a brilliant example of the English love of extravagant sonority, here with a rich nine-voice texture spanning soaring trebles to plummeting basses. And the alternation of intricately figured, more intimate scorings with the full texture gives a very satisfying and dynamic contour to the

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Johanness Ciconia: “Una Panthera”

Listening to Ensemble PAN’s interpretation of this classic Ciconia piece was one of the reasons I went to graduate school to study medieval music with Laurie Monahan. The music flows from inside out in the most organic, embodied manner. I haven’t heard a more connected performance of this piece since! Emily Lau Composer, Singer, and

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