Silent Movie Superhero
Hesperus uses 100-year-old movies to present 500-year-old music to 21st-century audiences. It’s a crazy idea. Why’d they take so long to get started?
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The Characters of Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg’s annual antiques forum opens later this week, Feb. 24-28, 2023. Visitors can expect to see and hear historic instruments from CW’s collection. The forum is linked to an illuminating new exhibit, using portraits and instruments to depict the life and sounds of a bygone culture in 18th-century Virginia, when music was heard seemingly everywhere.
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Trilling with the Devil
When Rachell Ellen Wong was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant, she was described as the first Baroque violinist to win. That’s only part of her story.
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Viols Blooming in Texas Â
In Humble, Texas, a music teacher brings students into the musical and social world of the viola da gamba consort.
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Battle of the Bands
In Texas, the competitive spirit pervades everything, even the arts and its funding. Can early music make the cut, and thrive?
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