CONTINUUM: Gothic Voices

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

Published February 14, 2021 at 6:00 AM CST

The early music English vocal ensemble Gothic Voices was founded in 1981 and has since recorded 25 CDs. This Continuum program presents excerpts from four of their recordings, featuring early music from Germany, France, Spain and England. Included are excerpts from their first recording of the music of Hildegard of Bingen, A Feather on the Breath of God - Hyperion GAW21039. Other recordings are: The Service of Venus & Mars - Hyperion GAW21238, The Medieval Romantics - Hyperion CDA66463 and, The Voice in the Garden - Hyperion CDA66653.

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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