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PGM 584R: Week of Dec. 29th...

Just this side of the winter solstice with Christmas behind us and a New Year soon to be, we return to the artfully chilled tones of electronic spacemusic. On this encore program we have music from Norway by BIOSPHERE, from Germany by ARCANUM, and from the U.S. by MICHAEL THOMAS BERKLEY, LAOCOON, DILATE and others.

An ultra-chilled journey in the glacial north called "ARTIC."

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PGM 789: Week of Dec. 22nd...

"When in doubt, write a hymn," advised Elton John. Our last new program of the year comes as close as we can with a collection of hymns and sacred spaces for the holiday season.

Music is by the cream of English choral composers: HOLST, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, TALLIS, and TAVENER, plus choral selections by ARVO PART, MORTEN LAURIDSEN, RANDALL THOMPSON and the wonderful English boys choir LIBERA. 

It's a little slice of heaven...on a program called CANTORUM.

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PGM 788: Week of Dec. 15th...

We're fairly glowing with seasonal goodness on this holiday program.

Music from the Celtic tradition, with its lovely melodies and skillful performances, goes down easy this time of year, and we've combined it with a selection of warm acoustic and electronic sounds from several Windham Hill seasonal compilations, spiced with a dash of this and that.

Artists include PAUL McCANDLESS, ALEX DE GRASSI, WILLIAM COULTER, TIM STORY, MARK ISHAM, JEFF JOHNSON and BRIAN DUNNING, NIGHTNOISE, and more.

It's a holiday potpourri: one part acoustic, one part electronic, two parts Celtic, called COMFORT AND JOY 2.

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Gift Certificates

By popular demand, you can now purchase Gift Certificates to the HOS Archive. They can be any amount you choose (in US $). They are redeemed by the recipient when they sign up and choose a service package — just like a physical gift certificate or gift card.

HOW IT WORKS

Just click the [Buy Gift] button on our home page, and follow the simple steps. Choose an amount — see the ACCESS PLANS summary page if you want to make the amount equal a specific package.

If you're already a subscriber with your payment info on file, you won't have to enter it again. Your gift recipient will receive an email from Hearts of Space with a special greeting from you, and a gift certificate code. It will invite them to click a link to hos.com, choose an Access Plan, and enjoy the unique musical gift you've  given them!

Any unused amount from your gift remains as a credit in the recipient's account. If they spend more than your gift, they'll need to pay the difference.

Gift Certificates are the best way to introduce a friend or loved one to Hearts of Space!

PGM 787: Week of Dec. 8th...

We move into the winter season with a program highlighting the adventurous new spirit in Early Music, and focus on a group of artists who happily move beyond "authentic performance" practice into the realms of improvisation, invention and creative extension. It's all done with total respect for the original sound and music — just not limited by it.

Manfred Eicher has done it again, and 95% of the music on this show is from his ECM label. Come Grammy time you'll be hearing more about Norwegian Baroque guitarist ROLF LISLEVAND and his ensemble, and we've featured six of their creative new pieces. Another big contributor is American lutenist STEPHEN STUBBS and his "Teatro Lyrico" ensemble with their sublime approach to the repertoire, as well as Stephen Stubbs's collaboration with JOHN POTTER of the Hilliard Ensemble on THE DOWLAND PROJECT. All that plus earlier selections by SARBAND and by STEPHAN MICUS round out program 787 — "CAMERATA NOVA."

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PGM 786: Week of Dec. 1st...

As the chilled air finally arrives in California we search for the sound of the season, a sound marked by depth and clarity, crystalline accents, and warm, floating harmonies.

We have wintry ambient from BRUNO SANFILLIPO and RUDY ADRIAN, cosmic electronics by MAYUMI, a classic winter piece by the late RICHARD BURMER, and new spacemusic by PAUL AVGERINOS.

It's a seasonal journey called WINTER ON THE WIND.

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