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In the Mode: March 23, 2014

KVPR | By Kristina Herrick
Published March 23, 2014 at 11:09 AM PDT

This week we will hear music played on an instrument that developed from the vihuela or Spanish guitar, it has 6 strings and frets, but is bowed, and held by the legs, someone called it a bowed guitar, we’ll explore the sound of the viola da gamba.
 

CD Title                                             PERFORMER                       CD label
 
Lawdes Deo                                        Hesperion XX                         ASTREE 8708
 
Odhecaton                                           Fretwork                                 HARMONIA MUNDI 907291
 
Four Seasons                                      Les Voix Humaines                ATMA ACD2 2182
 
William Lawes                                   Phantasm                                CHANNEL CLASSICS 15698
 
Henry Purcell                                     Fretwork                                 VIRGIN VERITAS 54506
 
 
 
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Kristina Herrick
Kristina 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.
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