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This week on Early Music Now we'll hear tracks from a 2019 release from Utopia Chamber Choir, directed by Andrew Lawrence-King, of Piae Cantiones (Spiritual Songs), the first Finnish music ever to be printed. This collection produced a famous Christmas melody, known to English-speaking audiences as Good King Wenceslas. Also included are tracks from Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia featuring Ensemble Mare Balticum. 

  • Gustav Düben: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Heren. Performed by Friedhelm Flamme, organ.
  • Anon.: Lux Illuxit. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Scribere proposui. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Drømde mik en drøm-1. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Drømde mik en drøm-2. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Drømde mik en drøm-3. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Per Mattson: Estampie ‘Ferro transecuit’. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Per Mattson: Estampie ‘Pax patrie’. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Mith hierthae brendher. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Nobilis humilis. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
  • Anon.: Ramus virens olivarum. Performed by Utopia Chamber Choir.
  • Anon.: Tempus adest floridum. Performed by Utopia Chamber Choir.
  • Anon.: Angelus emitter. Performed by Utopia Chamber Choir.
  • Anon.: Laus Virginis Nati. Performed by Utopia Chamber Choir.
  • Anon.: Zachaeus arboris ascendit. Performed by Utopia Chamber Choir.
  • Anon.: Diem festum veneremur. Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum.
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