Modern Baroque String Instruments and Bows Seek Their Soulmates
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ON THE COVER: Instrument and bow makers find joy in hearing their creations played and loved by artists who practice thousands of hours to learn the repertoire and finally tell their own stories.
The Modern World of Early Brass
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ON THE COVER: The people who build period instruments face many challenges.
The Makers of Dreams: Instrument Builders
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ON THE COVER: Celebrating artisans who design and craft wind, string, keyboard, and percussion instruments based on historical models.
Going for Baroque Among Spirits & Steeds
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ON THE COVER: Louisville, Kentucky, is a champion of whiskey and home to the Kentucky Derby, but old music has also taken up residence there, thanks to two ensembles, Bourbon Baroque and Incantare, which share violinist Alice Culin-Ellison.
Feasting on Festivals
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ON THE COVER: What sets many festivals apart are specific approaches and characteristics. In the world of early music, one can find festivals built around thematic programming and those that embrace a mix of repertoire meant to spice up our artistic lives.
Teatro Nuovo
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ON THE COVER: Will Crutchfield’s new program at SUNY Purchase brings historical practices to early 19th-century opera
Hip to be HIP
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ON THE COVER: Composers in the 21st century are taking music in all sorts of new directions by incorporating early instruments and vocal styles into their works. The results are bringing fresh horizons to everyone involved—creators, performers, listeners.
Beyond Bach
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ON THE COVER: Bach Collegium Japan founder and Juilliard and Yale faculty member Masaaki Suzuki is exploring new (old) territory — the Classical and early Romantic periods, including works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssoh
Baroque Dance for Musicians
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ON THE COVER: Trying to figure out how to phrase that gavotte or lilting air? Instrumentalists and singers can unlock mysteries of interpretation by stepping out to absorb elements of Baroque dance under the discerning eye of a seasoned violinist-dancer.
Telemann 360º: Philadelphia Gives Telemann a Rousing Anniversary Celebration
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ON THE COVER: The world is throwing a grand anniversary party this year for one of the most deserving and long-overlooked artists in Baroque music, Georg Philipp Telemann. Everyone seems to be celebrating Telemann’s 250th Deathiversary: festivals, broadcasts, exhibitions, tributes, and tours are taking place from British Columbia to Australia.
