Our full chamber orchestra is joined by folk-music instrumentalists to explore the rich common ground shared by traditional folk and Baroque music, with selections spanning Europe and the Americas. April 4-5 in Metro Denver venues.
Feel your heart skip a beat as the first chords of Bach’s choral masterpiece transform Symphony Hall into a cathedral. Then, buckle up for two hours of the master’s lush harmonies and intricate orchestral writing, performed with H+H’s trademark vigor on the period instruments Bach intended. Our friend and frequent guest conductor Masaaki Suzuki returns […]
A concert of songs and dances from Europe, the New World, and The Far East. Enjoy music in other languages from a rota (round) in middle English, a virelai in early French, a song from 16th c. China, a Brazilian modinha as well as familiar songs. Hear songs from the 16th c. that were popular […]
Early Music Missouri (EMMo) presents “At Court & Coffee House” with three of Johann Sebastian Bach’s best-known secular pieces, the virtuosic Brandenburg Concerti 4 and 5 and the charming Coffee Cantata, at East Central College in Union, Missouri. EMMo regulars Arianna Aerie (soprano), Jeffrey Ballard (tenor) and Kevin Warner (bass) will sing the cantata, and […]
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI Friday, April 5, 2024 | 8PM NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until May 4, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET) Le Nuove Musiche: The Baroque Revolution in Europe (1560–1660) For more than a half century, Jordi Savall has established himself as one of […]
Saturday, April 6 • 7:30pm Hicks Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Music from courts of 17th and 18th Century Europe showing the world in which viol virtuoso and composer Marin Marais lived, and his influence on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Parker Ramsay harp and harpsichord Arnie Tanimoto viola da gamba
Early Music Missouri brings its 2023 – 2024 season to a close with three of Johann Sebastian Bach’s best-known secular pieces: the virtuosic Brandenburg Concerti 4 and 5 and the charming Coffee Cantata, a comic musical story of an overbearing father and his over-caffeinated daughter. EMMo regulars Arianna Aerie (soprano), Jeffrey Ballard (tenor) and Kevin […]
Tonos del Sur, directed by Sarah Cranor, is excited to present secular and sacred music from across Latin America, in Spanish, Chiquitano, and Quechua, in a project culminating with modern premieres of villancicos from the Catedral Metropolitana archive in Santiago, Chile, in partnership with scholar Paul Feller. Tonos will present this concert at the Latin […]
RIVAA Gallery Chamber Music Feasts for the eye and ear: A new concert series featuring period performance of 18th and 19th century chamber music RIVAA Gallery presents a new chamber music series in the vibrant setting of Roosevelt Island’s community art gallery. This musical series will be the only one of its kind […]
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 3:00 PM First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (11 Garden Street, Cambridge) Tickets $10-$87 https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/world-of-ock/ https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/okeghem-weekend/ Blue Heron is at present very likely the only ensemble in the world to have sung every piece written by Johannes Okeghem. Building on this unique expertise, the ensemble presents a selection of the master’s very […]
Continuing the tradition of the troubadours, the trouvères of Northern France wrote some of the most captivating vocal music of the 13th century. Their songs of public and private adoration wove together allusions both sacred and secular—creating mystical and spicy meditations on love and longing, punctuated by repeating refrains that recur across songs and texts. […]
Tonos del Sur, directed by Sarah Cranor, is excited to present secular and sacred music from across Latin America, in Spanish, Chiquitano, and Quechua, in a project culminating with modern premieres of villancicos from the Catedral Metropolitana archive in Santiago, Chile, in partnership with scholar Paul Feller. Tonos will present this concert at the Latin […]
‘‘Weapons of war and their use are something I am unable to engage with. I busy my time with notes, strings, and sounds. I work in the cause of harmony, mixing the sounds of France, Germany and Italy and attempting thus to prevent wars and to serve the cause of peace among nations and their striving for […]
Kiya Tabassian setar and voice Fahmi Alqhai viola da gamba The 15th and 16th Century have been described as the golden age of Spanish music, but they were also without a doubt the golden age of Persian and central Asian music. This concert’s journey from Spain to Iran brings into dialogue the music of the […]
La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco continue a musical exploration that extends from the Iberian Renaissance to Indigenous and African-influenced folk traditions in contemporary South America. This program includes some of the earliest songs referring to Morenas—dark-skinned women who represented the female ideal of beauty outside the court in early modern Spain. These are songs […]
Continuing the tradition of the troubadours, the trouvères of Northern France wrote some of the most captivating vocal music of the 13th century. Their songs of public and private adoration wove together allusions both sacred and secular—creating mystical and spicy meditations on love and longing, punctuated by repeating refrains that recur across songs and texts. […]
Indulge in rollicking chamber music with a Bohemian flair for flute and strings, including a flute quartet by Gyrowetz, a nocturne for string trio by Brandl, a flute quintet by Lidl, lively Hungarian dances, and a period arrangement of Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova. Concertmaster of the high-octane period orchestra Il Pomo D’Oro, Valova is featured in the energetic Violin Concerto in A Major by the prolific Bohemian violinist František Benda. Hear for yourself why Valova’s new recording of this […]
Stile Antico Friday, April 19, 2024 | 8PM St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until May 17, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET) A Divine Hope: Dante’s journey from inferno to paradise Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Its enduring […]
Marcia Hadjimarkos, an Oregon native now in France, will will share a wide range of English keyboard music at the clavichord, from a 1630 virginal book to the 20th century, including a sonata by Joseph Haydn. We will meet in a Portland home with a large and beautiful music room, in order to hear the instrument […]
Darkness to Light A very special joint presentation with Christ Church Cathedral, featuring the pre-eminent interpreters of Renaissance polyphony on their triumphant 50th Anniversary Tour. The journey behind this program is an obvious one at this time of year. We proceed from the darkness associated with Lent to the hope and joy which is Easter in the Christian […]
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova. Concertmaster of the high-octane period orchestra Il Pomo D’Oro, Valova is featured in the energetic Violin Concerto in A Major by the prolific Bohemian violinist František Benda. Hear for yourself why Valova’s new recording of this […]
Discovering the power of myth with leading women of early music today. The power of women in mythology has been felt since the dawn of time. Three early music singers will each embody the story of a timeless icon taken from Greek, Jewish, and Hindu traditions, with corresponding music written during the medieval era, the […]
A concert inspired the historic gardens of Europe Lumedia Musicworks presents its latest concert titled A Little Night Garden Music in Dallas at St. John’s Episcopal Church on April 21 and at On the Levee event venue on April 22. The program promises an enchanting exploration of musical biodiversity, presenting works by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, […]
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova. Concertmaster of the high-octane period orchestra Il Pomo D’Oro, Valova is featured in the energetic Violin Concerto in A Major by the prolific Bohemian violinist František Benda. Hear for yourself why Valova’s new recording of this […]
From the Arabic oud to the Chinese Pipa and beyond, lute-like instruments have been adored around the world for thousands of years. In Europe during the Baroque period (1600-1750), the lute and guitar were praised not just by locals at the neighborhood pub but also by musicians playing in the street and even by Kings […]
Indulge in rollicking chamber music with a Bohemian flair for flute and strings, including a flute quartet by Gyrowetz, a nocturne for string trio by Brandl, a flute quintet by Lidl, lively Hungarian dances, and a period arrangement of Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.
A concert inspired the historic gardens of Europe Lumedia Musicworks presents its latest concert titled A Little Night Garden Music in Dallas at St. John’s Episcopal Church on April 21 and at On the Levee event venue on April 22. The program promises an enchanting exploration of musical biodiversity, presenting works by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, […]
Sergei Babayan, celebrated Armenian American pianist praised by The New York Times for his “consummate technique and insight,” will open the 50th anniversary Bach Week Festival — its farewell season — with an inventive, wide-ranging new recital program. He'll open with four J. S. Bach Preludes and Fugues and conclude with the Aria from Bach's […]
Dutch soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg and harpsichordist Stephen Alltop headline the 2024 Bach Week’s Festival’s Candlelight Concert with a program titled “Italian Delights.” The artists will spotlight Italian vocal styles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Admission includes champagne and fine chocolates.
The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra teams up for a production of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas.
Apr. 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Apr. 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Emlyn Ngai plays Bach's joyous violin concerto, BWV 1042, Gwyn Roberts performs virtuosic recorder suites by Telemann and Handel, and all players get a turn in Spring by Guido. Program Bach: Violin Concerto, BWV […]
A group of friends who happen to be among Chicago’s — and the nation’s — finest period-instrument musicians will play works by Baroque composers connected by mutual admiration and friendship: J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Georg Pisendel, and George Frideric Handel. The concert features soprano Hannah De Priest, Baroque violinist Shelby […]
Apr. 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Apr. 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Emlyn Ngai plays Bach's joyous violin concerto, BWV 1042, Gwyn Roberts performs virtuosic recorder suites by Telemann and Handel, and all players get a turn in Spring by Guido. Program Bach: Violin Concerto, BWV […]
Come hear rarely heard gems from Spanish speaking composers. Preserved mostly in a music collection in Guatemala, these pieces are rarely heard in the states and are lively works not to be missed! Music to include: Jose de Nebra: Aliena fervorosa Jose de Oreja y Aparicio: Ah del gozo Jose de Nebra: Llegad, llegad, creyentes […]
The Cramer Quartet Rush Hour Music in J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library Celebrated artists perform chamber music from Baroque to contemporary in the intimate and sumptuous surroundings of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library. All concerts last approximately one hour. With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the Cramer Quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture […]
Revel in the splendor of J.S. Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos, the best of the Baroque. From the clarion call of the trumpet in No. 2 to the tour de force harpsichord solo in No. 5, there’s always something new to discover in this much-loved collection. H+H’s endlessly dynamic concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky joins principal keyboard Ian […]
“String Music from the French Court” Happy Hour Concerts welcomes Un tas de cordes to our series for a first-time concert. The Baroque string trio performs a program of chamber music from the courts of Louis XIV and Louis XV. The evening will feature sonatas by Jean-Féry Rebel and Georg Muffat as well as a […]
Marcia Hadjimarkos, an Oregon native now in France, will will share a wide range of English keyboard music at the clavichord, from a 1630 virginal book to the 20th century, including a sonata by Joseph Haydn. We will meet in a Portland home with a large and beautiful music room, in order to hear the instrument […]
Música Antigua de Albuquerque will present "Music of the Seasons," a concert of music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance about the four seasons of the year. Sorry, no Vivaldi, but there are lots of other tunes to choose from. Songs about spring were by far the most popular in olden times, with its association […]
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