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Orchestra of New Spain Virtual Event: Spanish Baroque Zarzuela ‘Love Conquers Impossible Love’

Here’s a chance to see Orchestra of New Spain‘s Feb 2020 production of the Spanish Baroque Zarzuela Love Conquers Impossible Love, by Sebastián Durón. Based on the myth of Danae, whose father King Acrisius locks her in a tower, only to be saved by the love smitten Jupiter is described in the press as “a […]

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Midtown Concerts | Arnaut Consort – Medieval Treasure from Three Manuscripts

March 25, 2021, 1:15 PM EST “Medieval Treasure from Three Manuscripts” Medieval music from three precious manuscripts, the Llibre Vermell of Montserrat, the Manuscrit du Roi, and the Codex Faenza. The repertoire includes instrumental arrangements of traditional folk songs and rhythmic dance works as well as liturgical music from the 13th to the 15th century. Satono Norizuki, clavisimbalum Patricia-Ann

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Handel and Haydn Society Celebrates Charles Ignatius Sancho With Jonathan Woody World Premiere Commission

(Boston March 19, 2021) On Tuesday April 20, the Handel and Haydn Society presents the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Brooklyn-based composer Jonathan Woody, based on music in the compositions of Charles Ignatius Sancho (1729 – 1780), the first person of African descent to publish classical music.   Performed by members of

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Early Music Seattle Presents Deep Roots, New Branches

Seattle, WA ­‑ Early Music Seattle presents, Deep Roots, New Branches, a new series of presentations designed to enrich your understanding of the cultural interconnectedness that forms the foundations of the world’s great music traditions.  When people moved – through forced or chosen migrations, along trade routes, or because of conquest and war – they

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