Sacred & Profane (podcast)
The lines separating earthly desire from holy rapture become blurry in this audio-only episode featuring music by Handel from Les Délices’ April program Starstruck featuring Hannah De Priest.
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The lines separating earthly desire from holy rapture become blurry in this audio-only episode featuring music by Handel from Les Délices’ April program Starstruck featuring Hannah De Priest.
SalonEra Season Seven features shorter, tighter video spotlights and in-depth audio exclusives —All 100% Free! SalonEra’s new dual-format model includes SE Spotlights (8 monthly video episodes) and 5 hour-long audio podcasts offer additional context for live performance recordings from Les Délices.
Get ready for a fun and fascinating chat focused on 18th century music from Scotland with Debra Nagy and David McGuinness (researcher and director of Scotland’s Concerto Caledonia) exploring dance band bass lines, the legacy of Robert Burns, and much more.
Performer and historian Dominic Giardino discusses the history and cultural background of the tune “Yankee Doodle” in this first-ever SalonEra Spotlight featuring performances from Les Délices, Music of the Regiment, and others.
Acclaimed harpsichordist Mark Edwards shares insights into Bach’s English Suite no.1 in A major and discusses his long-term project to record all of Bach’s keyboard works.
Bach scholar Reginald Sanders dives deep into this history and mysteries of J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering in this audio-only episode featuring live performances from Les Délices’ October 2026 performances.
SalonEra spotlights lutenist-composer John Dowland’s most famous work Flow my Tears with commentary from musicologist K. Dawn Grapes.
LD Artistic Director Debra Nagy talks with Tekla Cunningham (a longtime friend, collaborator, and founder of the Seattle Bach Festival) about programming and performing Bach cantatas.
John Dowland was celebrated as the greatest lutenist and song composer from England before Henry Purcell. Tune in for this special audio-only episode featuring music by John Dowland paired with a fascinating conversation with lutenist Orí Harmelin, soprano Elena Mullins Bailey, and scholar K. Dawn Grapes.
SalonEra considers Black culture in eighteenth century London as we spotlight dance music by Charles Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780), a man of letters, merchant, abolitionist, theater lover, and musician, who made history as the first British man of African descent to vote in a general election.
Acclaimed Handel scholar Ellen Harris discusses queer themes in Handel’s early cantata Vedendo Amor in this SalonEra spotlight featuring a recent live performance by Les Délices with countertenor Reginald Mobley.
Hannah De Priest talks with composer Damien Geter, countertenor Reginald Mobley, and scholar Ellen Harris about historical and mythological Queer circles of influence in the latest audio-only episode featuring live performances from Kiss and Tell.
In this SalonEra Spotlight, we unpack the tall tale and sea shanty Stormalong alongside a recorded performance featuring shantyman Seán Dagher and members of Les Délices.
William Herschel (1738-1822) is best remembered today for his work in astronomy (including building a giant telescope and discovering the planet Uranus) but he was also an accomplished professional musician.
Bach’s flawless counterpoint has inspired countless non-traditional performances of his works. For this audio-exclusive episode, we talk with harpsichordist Mark Edwards and scholar Reginald Sanders about the evidence that has prompted reconstructions and arrangements of some of Bach’s most famous works including alternative versions of Bach’s 4th Brandenburg Concerto and the Concerto for oboe and violin.