The Fredösphere

WKAR out of East Lansing was burning up the airwaves this morning with Old Simon the King as performed by the Palladian Ensemble. Wow. It sounded like a simple duet of wooden flute (probably) and lute, except the flautist played a line that was packed full o' notes that never stopped. Then the line got packed even more. Sheesh, when does this player take a breath? I didn't think flautists practiced circular breathing, but that is really the only explanation for what I heard. It's a good thing Old Simon was merely a king; if he were the Austrian Emperor he would be saying "too many notes" for sure. I couldn't find a sound file of the piece, but here is the album with a few other beautiful tracks for your listening pleasure.