EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Stanley Ritchie: A Family Remembrance
From a tribute sent by Stanley Ritchie's family to EMA: "Liberating" is the term he used after switching from modern to Baroque violin, adding, "After playing so many years professionally as a [modern] violinist, I found playing Baroque violin akin to driving a sports car!" A memorial celebration is planned for April, 2027.
The Stars Align in Houston
Harmonia Stellarum Houston, opening its fifth season next week, focuses on music from the Holy Roman Empire, often mixing Central European classics with recently unearthed treasures.
Leaping Gracefully Between the Centuries
Anna Mansbridge's keen imagination and cross-pollination of dance styles — Renaissance, Baroque, contemporary — has informed her work in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest for a quarter-century.
On the Road Again
For audiences and performers, the value of touring is undeniable. A city-to-city string of shows can seem glamorous, heightening artistic reputations and drawing new fans in distant communities. Many American early-music groups would love to go on tour. Some have learned to navigate that complex landscape.
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
Bohemian Myths, Bohemian Facts
This reassessment of musical culture — particularly religious music — in 15th-c. Bohemia tries to look beyond the nationalist agendas that have previously colored scholarly work on this topic. As a rare holdout for monophonic chant and an area undergoing theological reform in the late Middle Ages, the region provides rich topics for this collection of essays written through an updated lens.
Music Fit for a Teenage Bach
The debut recording from South Carolina-born harpsichordist Gabriel Smallwood asks who made the young J.S. Bach. Smallwood is imaginative and technically assured in pieces mostly in the North German style with its free, episodic forms, its dense counterpoint, and its long, improvisatory flourishes.
Drama, Humor, Technicolor from the Butter Quartet
Based in the Netherlands, the remarkable Butter Quartet research and perform music from the late 18th and early 19th c., with rewarding adventures into modern works -- all on period instruments. Their latest album includes string quartets by Haydn and Caroline Shaw.
A Lautenwerk Revival Takes Shape
With two new recordings this year, the lautenwerk — an obscure, gut-stringed, mellow keyboard instrument sometimes called a "lute-harpsichord" — is having its moment. J.S. Bach owned two of them. Wolfgang Rübsam's latest recording, of Bach's didactic Inventions and Sinfonias, is a natural fit.
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Presents “King Arthur”, a charming semi-opera by Henry Purcell Vocal Soloists: Kathryn Knauer, soprano - LaDejia Douglas, mezzo Charles Humphries, countertenor - James Allen, tenor Adrian ...
Six free concerts bring historically informed performance, guest artists, and rarely heard repertoire to Boise BOISE, Idaho — September 12, 2026 — Pendulum Early Music will launch its 2026–27 concert ...
Acclaimed women's vocal ensemble In Mulieribus presents A Carnival of Miracles, a powerful and enlightened musical journey exploring the topsy-turvy nature of existence, divine intervention, and the complex spectra of ...
Tickets are now on sale for the Boston Early Music Festival’s 26/27 Season BEMF presents 9 programs in Greater Boston with 8 available for virtual viewing; The GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber ...
Philadelphia, PA - Piffaro, Philadelphia’s acclaimed Renaissance Band, opens its 2026-2027 season with an all-instrumental program, “At the Sign of the Crumhorn.” Piffaro will breathe life into the sounds of ...
