Discover the Amazing Story of the Tenshō Embassy!
In 1582, four Japanese teenage ambassadors set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon on what would be an 8-year adventure. Discover their amazing story and celebrate their musical accomplishments in Japan
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When the Clarinet Got Interesting
At EMA’s 2023 Emerging Artists Showcase, the brilliant duo of historical clarinetist Maryse Legault and fortepianist Gili Loftus gave a taste of their album ‘Around Baermann.’ The recording looks into a key era in the clarinet’s history, centered on celebrated clarinetist Heinrich Joseph Baermann, who inspired music from great composers and helped push the instrument into new technical and virtuosic realms.
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Beauty and Sadness Meet in Rebecca Scout Nelson’s Folk-Baroque
Baroque violinist and composer Rebecca Scout Nelson is also a singer with a warmly expressive voice and a songwriter of joy and acute melancholy. Her compelling debut album taps historically informed music-making from two distinct yet complementary traditions.
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I Care How You Listen: Streaming Early Music
An early musician’s rant about the streaming-service behemoth Spotify: We have better options! From sound and search to library size and liner notes, there are two newer services that will improve the quality of your early-music listening experience. They’re somewhat more fair in artist compensation, too, a meaningful distinction for the consumer.
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Rocky Mountain High Baroque
Where cows outnumber people, early music finds a foothold in the high Rockies with ensembles like Wyoming Baroque, Baroque Music Montana, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. ‘Figuring out practical solutions for rural problems is a really Western way of thinking.’
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21st Century Baroque
Meet Nuova Pratica, a stylish ensemble with a progressive-retro attitude. They reject the notion that everything’s already been said in the Baroque language. By re-opening the book on Baroque composition, their new works are at turns fresh, varied, and imaginative.
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Keepers of a New Flame
The American violin scene is set for renewal as a versatile younger generation replaces their distinguished teachers.
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Just ‘Because’ — Reginald Mobley Sings Negro Spirituals
Star countertenor Reginald Mobley’s first solo recording is devoted to spirituals and art songs centered on the Harlem Renaissance. He delivers with the purity of a Handelian countertenor and the expressive power of a great gospel singer.
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