Kristina Herrick
Classical Music HostKristina Herrick was an on-air host for FM89's Clearly Classical and the Traffic and Music Manager for the station. She retired in 2015. An expert in early music of the pre-Barqoue era, Kristina was also the host of the award winning program In the Mode. She is a talented musician who plays the gamba and is a member of the board of directors of the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concert Series.
Kristina traces In the Mode’s roots to her early days of studying voice, when she discovered that her own was best suited to this type of music. “I wanted to expose listeners to the new recordings of early music that are available,” she said. It’s not necessarily for those schooled in music, she noted. “There has been a lot of research done, using literature and paintings, to figure out what the pieces would have sounded like in their own time. It’s a lot of fun—and a lot of listening—putting the music into a coherent show with a focus.” It’s obvious that she enjoys it, and the accolades from listeners prove that they love it too.
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Music heard in the new world about the baby boy in Bethlehem next time on In the Mode. By the 18th century, the Bogota Cathedral in Colombia was a major…
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Next time on In the Mode we’ll again hear JordiSavall and the ensemble La CapellaReial de Catalunya with music by BartomeuCarceres, an ensalada, literally…
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The next two programs on In the Mode will feature music for the season from the 16th century Spanish court at Calabria—Villancicos and Ensaladas by…
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A Worcester Lady mass, next time on In the Mode, sung by the women of Trio Medieval, though it is unlikely that women would have sung it originally, it…
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Dreams and Imaginations, Elizabethan music for voice and Consort of viols next time on In the Mode. The singer is known as a great Bach tenor, here…
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Alessandro Striggio was an Italian composer and Mantuan nobleman who split his time primarily between Mantua and Florence ruled by the Medicis, he was…
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Flutist Mindy Rosenfeld and lutenist Ronn McFarlane will be featured next time on In the Mode. Their brand new CD gathers some of their favorite, mostly…
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The ensemble Constantinople has a very interesting combination of instruments—voice too, exploring the oral traditions of Mediterranean cultures and the…
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The music heard on In the Mode is usually from the Renaissance and medieval eras, but next time we’ll hear some Early American music, some of it from the…
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Let’s pretend we’re going to the Coronation of Doge Marino Grimani at St. Marks in Venice in 1595, and imagine the grandeur and excitement of the ceremony…