Early Music America

Music Director Leon Botstein conducts the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) with the Bard Festival Chorale in an all-C.P.E. Bach concert at St. Bartholomew’s Church, a National Historic Landmark, on Friday, January 24 at 8 PM. The Bach at St. Bart’s program offers the U.S. premiere of one of the composer’s only three oratorios, Die Auferstehung

Presenting J.S. Bach Works for Lute Vol. 2 by Jadran Duncumb, a unique reading of the master organist’s exquisite music through the prism of the lute and its unique palette of colours, ornaments and resonances. Since performing Bach’s Partita 1006a as a finalist on BBC Young Musician of the year, Jadran Duncumb has spent 16

Cappella Amsterdam and its celebrated chief conductor Daniel Reuss present an integral recording of Lassus’ Penitential Psalms. Building on their exquisite recording of Schnittke’s Psalms of Repentance, this release explores new dimensions in the theme of penitence and marks a significant return to Renaissance repertoire following their celebrated PENTATONE debut album In Umbra Mortis. The album pairs

Following the success of her acclaimed Essence Baroque album in 2022, featuring solo baroque violin and harpsichord, Judy Hung now presents Essence Romantique, an album performed on historic pianos from the Romantic period, including instruments by Broadwood (1823), Graf (1826), and Erard (1866). These pianos are part of the Richard Burnett Collection of historic keyboard

The Salish Sea Early Music Festival offered 93 performances on period instruments in 2024 and will present 103 performances in 14 cities in Washington State in 2025 from January through July in ten contrasting programs spanning three centuries (1525 through 1835), and featuring exciting artists from around the United States and abroad. Pictured is Spanish