The Early Music Show

Rask 98

Monday 26 November 2007 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Lucie Skeaping talks to Arni Ingolfsson about one of the most important surviving Icelandic music manuscripts, Melodia or Rask 98, which was written around 1660 by an unknown scribe. It contains 223 songs, more than virtually any other Icelandic collection, and many of them are unique to this source. Ingolfsson also founded the vocal ensemble Carmina, who specialise in renaissance polyphony, and the programme includes some of their recordings of music from this and other Icelandic manuscripts.
This is a repeat of the programme broadcast on Sunday 18 November 2007. View full details

Duration:

1 hour

The Early Music Show

Episode and Playlist Information

• 8 Dec 07 Cavalli's La Calisto
• 8 Dec 07 Scarlatti
• 2 Dec 07 the Art of Fugue
• 2 Dec 07 1685
• 1 Dec 07 Reinhard Keiser
• 1 Dec 07 Cavalli's La Calisto
• 25 Nov 07 Rask 98
• 25 Nov 07 The Art of Fugue
• 24 Nov 07 Mr and Mrs Hasse
• 24 Nov 07 Reinhard Keiser