CONTINUUM: Delightful Delights

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr.

Published January 31, 2021 at 6:00 AM CST

The King's Delight, The Queen's Delight, and The Ladyes Delight — three early music CDs devoted to different Elizabethan delights are presented to a very notable collection of Delightful Delights. In addition, music from a CD called Watkin's Ale presents some very spirited and sometimes bawdy music of the same period. The music is performed by two excellent American early music ensembles. Recordings used are: The King's Delight (The King's Noyse) - Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907101, The Queen's Delight (The King's Noyse) - Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907180, The Ladyes Delight (The Baltimore Consort) - Dorian 90252, and Watkin's Ale (The Baltimore Consort - Dorian 90142.

Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. Continuum is an hour long program of all kinds of early music recorded by groups around the world. Milton, an architect by trade, harbors a life long passion for vocal and instrumental music of the 10th though 17th centuries. He co-directs a professional early music ensemble, Musica da Camera where many of the over 100 instruments played were constructed from original manuscript drawings. Additionally, Milton has a passion for the music of Richard Wagner and for magic as a performing art.

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