The music on this week's show celebrates the Feast of Epiphany, with a nod to the Feast of the Purification. We'll hear from composers like Byrd, Sweelinck, Dufay, and Hassler. 

• Anon 11th Century: Mass for Epiphany: Trope: Descendens ab etherei- Introit: Ecce advenit. Organum: Graduel: Omnes de Saba. Performed by Ensemble Gilles Binchois. Virgin Classics 61640.
• Anon. 12th Century (Aquitaine): Orienti Oriens. Performed by Sequentia. DHM 77370.
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Ab Oriente. Performed by the Gesualdo Consort.
• Anon.: Orientis Partibus. Performed by the New London Consort. L’Oiseau-Lyre 448559.
• Guillaume Dufay: Hostis Herodes impie. Performed by the Amadis Ensemble. Jade 71067.
• William Byrd: Mass Propers for Epiphany: Introit: Ecce advenit, Gradual: Surge illuminare, Offertory: Reges Tharsis, Communion: Vidimus stellam. Performed by The Cardinall’s Musick. ASV 179.
• Blasius Ammon: Magi videntes stellam. Hans Leo Hassler: Nunc dimittis. Performed by Oltremontano and Egidienchor Nürnberg.
• Andreas Hammerschmidt: Wo ist die neugeborne König? Performed by Gli Scarlattisti.
• Christoph Bernhard: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener. Performed by Bremen Barock Consort.