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February 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm – America’s premiere Renaissance wind ensemble makes its triumphant return to Pittsburgh with a story of musical immigration. An Italian and likely Jewish family of wind players moves to England during the reign of Henry VIII, pushing instrumental music into a new frontier. The wind players of Piffaro look at one of the most potent examples […]

February 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Lieder and Keyboard works by C.P.E. Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Mozart, Meyerbeer, and Schubert Fanny von Arnstein was one of the most remarkable women in early 19th-century Vienna. Her connections made her well-positioned as host of a prominent salon: she was a student of W.F. Bach, friends with C.P.E. Bach and Haydn, and a supporter […]

February 8, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Francesco Corti, harpsichord & organ with the BEMF Chamber Ensemble Robert Mealy, Director Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 8pm First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until March 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (ET) Keyboard Masterpieces by Handel Join us for a one-of-a-kind event featuring the stunning virtuoso Francesco Corti performing a […]

February 9, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – ‘When I went to Venice, I discovered that my dream had become– incredibly, but quite simply – my address.‘Marcel Proust In addition to the palazzi built on piles, the lagoon city is also famous for its living landmarks: the singing gondoliers. Slip into a Venetian Gondola with baritone Holger Falk and journey through a song […]

February 9, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – With Rococo Dialogues, Filament celebrates the salons of Anne Louise Brillon and the musical inventions they sparked. Madame Brillon, a brilliant musician and keyboardist living in Paris in the 18th century, was a confidante of Benjamin Franklin, and also the muse for a burgeoning genre of chamber music, the accompanied keyboard sonata. In this colorful […]