Wednesdays at 10:00 pm
A fresh feast of early music every week.
Join host Candice Agree for WFMT’s exciting weekly program of early music. Baroque&Before explores works written before 1750, featuring live concert recordings from some of the world’s most prestigious early music festivals, as well as commercially released recordings from WFMT’s vast library. From Russia to the Americas, from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean and Middle East, Candice presents internationally known artists on the early music scene, crafting a delightful mix of musicianship, music, and history.
Bach&Handel with Matthias Goerne
Baritone Matthias Goerne joins the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Enrico Onofri for a program of vocal and orchestral works by Bach and some Handelian fireworks! Tonight’s program was recorded live in concert December 19, 2025 in the Gallery building of Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover, Germany. Thanks to WFMT’s association with the European Broadcasting Company, we’re able ...
Les chemins hébraïques du baroque
Passionate about Hebraic spiritual traditions, Benedetto Marcello was inspired by the extraordinary faith he encountered in the synagogues of early 18th-century Venice. Selections from Marcello’s settings of poetic paraphrases of the Psalms of David with Hebraic intonations are presented by Ensemble XVIII-21 Le Baroque Nomade, founded in 1995 by Jean-Christope Frisch as XVIII-21 Musique de Lumières. A world premiere, recorded ...
