Western composers were on the move in the 16th century, crisscrossing Europe to study with celebrated mentors and accompany royal retinues. The virtuosi of Camerata Transcontinental (Letitia Berlin, recorder, Frances Blaker, recorder, Lawrence Lipnik, recorder & viola da gamba; Amy Domingues, viola da gamba; Jessica Powell Eig, viola da gamba, Ronn McFarlane, lute) gather from […]
Western composers were on the move in the 16th century, crisscrossing Europe to study with celebrated mentors and accompany royal retinues. The virtuosi of Camerata Transcontinental (Letitia Berlin, recorder, Frances Blaker, recorder, Lawrence Lipnik, recorder & viola da gamba; Amy Domingues, viola da gamba; Jessica Powell Eig, viola da gamba, Ronn McFarlane, lute) gather from […]
Golden Age Spain and Portugal resounded with music of the ministriles - the Renaissance wind players who held prominent roles in the cultural fabric of these countries. Piffaro pays homage to our Spanish and Portuguese forebears in a program that explores some of the vast repertoire from this time - or some of what still […]
J.S. Bach owed part of his creative inspiration to the 17th-century’s Stylus phantasticus, a method that sought freedom of form and expression, especially in instrumental works. This program explores several composers who embraced this approach. With a flourishing send-off in the finale of our 25th anniversary year, birds of a feather include Rosenmüller, Reincken, Westhoff, […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
Our ensemble led by Cynthia Miller Freivogel reprises a beloved masterwork: J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. This exquisite theme with 30 kaleidoscopic variations has captured listeners' imaginations for generations. BCOC violist and arranger Alexander Vittal has created a superb interpretation for strings that highlights the extraordinary talents of our ensemble and its individual players. May 17-18 […]
Wit's Folly shares through music the stories of those who fled from violence and social upheaval during the French and Haitian Revolutions. Featuring works by André Grétry, Ignace Pleyel, Michel Yost (known in his own time simply as Michel), and others, this program takes its inspiration directly from historic concerts performed by French émigrés, such as a 1793 benefit for […]
Wit's Folly shares through music the stories of those who fled from violence and social upheaval during the French and Haitian Revolutions. Featuring works by André Grétry, Ignace Pleyel, Michel Yost (known in his own time simply as Michel), and others, this program takes its inspiration directly from historic concerts performed by French émigrés, such […]
The 18th century witnessed a synergy between courtly French music and emotionally charged Italian music. This program showcases impassioned works by Antonio Vivaldi, François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Caldara.
There is something about Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 that simply takes your breath away—and nearly everyone who has had the good fortune to hear it in live performance, remembers where that was and when it happened. The Vespers is at once audacious and gentle, and it even seems to invent its own delightful form […]
This is a house concert in a private home in Baltimore, MD, for reservations & info please email [email protected] For info on Ronn McFarlane https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
In celebration of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church’s 100th anniversary, we herald Spring with a brand new program. Seven Times Salt will perform 16th- and 17th-c. music from across Europe including works by Lassus, Encina, Manerio, Campion, Senfl and many more. Songs of true love and heartache, rough winds and sweet birdsong, small rain and small […]
NOTE: This concert was originally scheduled for April 14, 2024. It has been moved to May 19, 2024, at 6:00 pm. Celebrate the arrival of warmer weather and longer days with 7HB as we offer our third of four Four Seasons with Seven Hills installments, featuring Spring from Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons - one of […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
Seven Times Salt heralds Spring with a brand new program. We will perform 16th- and 17th-c. music from across Europe including works by Lassus, Encina, Manerio, Campion, Senfl and many more. Songs of true love and heartache, rough winds and sweet birdsong, small rain and small beer mark this joyous celebration of life and renewal. […]
May 24 at 7:30pm, The Baltimore Consort will perform The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare May 25, beginning at 7:30pm the Festival will feature several different ensembles and musicians, with The Baltimore Consort performing a program of early Scottish music https://baltimoreconsort.com/
May 24 at 7:30pm, The Baltimore Consort will perform The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare May 25, beginning at 7:30pm the Festival will feature several different ensembles and musicians, with The Baltimore Consort performing a program of early Scottish music https://baltimoreconsort.com/
The 2024 Festival weaves together the golden threads of Beverley's remarkable history alongside a host of concerts and workshops presented within some of the UK's most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings. Opening the Festival we welcome the acclaimed young instrumental group from Spain - El Gran Teatro del Mundo - with guests over the weekend including the […]
Many fans and specialists of early music will know David Lasocki’s name through the countless publications he has done in connection with historical woodwinds, whether books, articles, or music editions. Fewer people may know that he has also written a series of five books about a modern jazz group from New Orleans called Astral Project […]
Julie Jaffee Nagel, Ph.D. is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and musician, who brings her unique combination of experience and education in music and mental health to a nuanced understanding of performance anxiety as well as diverse other psychological problems. A graduate of The Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, and The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, she has […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
Pierre Hantaï, cited by Gramophone as being ‘…one of the very finest harpsichordists of our day’, performs a gorgeous program of music by great Baroque composers – Louis Couperin, François Couperin, G.F. Handel, J.S. Bach, and William Byrd. Pierre Hantaï is renowned for his thoughtful interpretations and remarkable virtuosity. This is a rare opportunity to […]
Join us for a sumptuous musical journey to the Middle Ages with voices and historical instruments. Allison Monroe, co-founder of Trobár and Director of the Five College Early Music Program, joins Early Music Michigan for an evening of music from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, the Codex Las Huelgas, and the Cantigas de Santa Maria. […]
Completing TENET’s traversal of J.S. Bach’s major vocal works. TENET concludes our decade-long exploration of J. S. Bach’s oratorios performed unconducted and chamber-style in a jubilant performance of the Mass in B Minor. Led from the keyboard by frequent TENET collaborator Jeffrey Grossman, TENET is proud to feature a cast made up of a majority […]
Pierre Hantaï is lauded for having an “… intuitive understanding of all those subtle ingredients that make music so compelling and utterly irresistible… No detail is lost.” (BBC Music Magazine). Capriccio is thrilled to present this exceptional artist in concert. Join us and hear this brilliant artist perform some of his favorite Bach works in […]
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