While it would be spooktacular to explore a millennium of music that deals with death, ghosts, and the otherworldly, Vlad turns instead to the 13th century poet and composer Philippe de Vitry, whose music heralded the coming of the period known as Ars Nova. Exquisite 17th-century Iberian harmonies by Francisco Correa de Arauxo, plus concertos and a plethora of works for flute and other instruments by the Rococo period composer Joseph-Bodin de Boismortier will all be on offer, alongside recent releases from the ensemble Al-Basma on the Ambronay Editions label and lutenist Ori Harmelin on Passacaille Records.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 31st October, 7am-10am