As we prepare for a Machaut year in 2027, this year the composer’s anniversary falls on a Vox Nostra Sunday. Machaut, who died this day in 1377, was one of the late medieval period’s most prolific and important composers. We’ll get to hear new and old takes on his music, from classic recordings by Gothic Voices, to present-day interpretations on medieval instruments, and many points in between. The variety of Machaut’s output – chansons, masses, lais, and more – are part of this morning’s playlist, alongside music of a very famous Dublin premiere about three and a half centuries later – Handel’s Messiah, premiered on Fishamble Street in Dublin this day in 1742.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 12th April, 7am-10am
