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It's War and Peace like Tolstoy never imagined! Join host Sara Schneider this week for battle settings by Isaac and Kerll, Madrigals of Love and War by Monteverdi, plus music to celebrate the Peace of Westphalia (1648) by Schütz and Hammerschmidt. Weser Renaissance Bremen, Concerto Palatino, and The Consort of Musicke are featured. 

  • Jacques Arcadelt: Estote fortes in bello. Performed by Josquin Capella, directed by Meinold Brüser.
  • Heinrich Isaac: Alla Battaglia. Performed by Concerto Palatino, directed by Erik van Nevel.
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Gira il nemico insidioso. Performed by The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley.
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Se vittori si belle. Performed by The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley.
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Armato il cor. Performed by The Consort of Musicke, directed by Anthony Rooley.
  • Johann Kaspar Kerrl: Battaglia. Performed by Armonico Tributo, directed by Lorenz Duftschmid.
  • Heinrich Schütz: Nun danket alle Gott. Performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen, directed by Manfred Cordes.
  • Andreas Hammerschmidt: Verleih uns Frieden. Performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen, directed by Manfred Cordes.
  • Anonymous: Ach Herr, sih doch, wie bang ist mir. Performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen, directed by Manfred Cordes.
  • Melchior Frank: Impetum inimicorum. Performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen, directed by Manfred Cordes.
  • Johann Kindemann: Nun lieben Christen, freuet euch. Performed by Weser Renaissance Bremen, directed by Manfred Cordes.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Dona nobis pacem. Performed by Capella Amsterdam & the Orchestra of the 18th Century, directed by Frans Brüggen.
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