EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Double Meanings for Epiphany, Candlemas
For many of us, Christmas is past, as is New Year’s. But celebrations ought to continue with the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, which commemorates the arrival of the Magi to the manger, giving a few extra days of revelry. Another major feast is Feb. 2: Candlemas. Preparing for a concert, New York's A Golden Wire looks at the richness of music for the full holiday season.
Top 10 from EMA Online 2025
One click at a time, readers picked the most popular EMA online stories of the past 12 months. It’s worth noting the broad range of this year’s list, from artificial intelligence and early-music education to church-bell ringers, English country dance, and a singer’s personal take on seeing representation (and being that representation) on stage.
Good Musicians Borrow, Great Musicians Steal
Early musicians often do wildly creative things with old music, and a really good arrangement can reveal qualities that were unheard in the original. Tina Chancey, with help from friends, gets deep into the weeds: 'Even an extreme appropriation can work, but you have to own it.'
A Hit Show on Queer Time and Baroque Instruments
A music-theater cabaret — reimagining a 1970s fantasy on gay freedoms in a society not ready to accept it — premiered in Europe to acclaim and just arrived in New York. Baroque instruments help create a soundworld where, 'paradoxically, historical instruments bring a quality of timelessness.'
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
Ensemble Galilei, Where Trad and Early Music Meet
Celebrating 35 years, Ensemble Galilei has seen, and perhaps anticipated, the coming together of the traditional musics scene with early music. Their latest album mixes the great Irish composer Turlough O'Carolan with John Dowland and music from Elizabethan England with cracking Irish tunes. There are newly composed works, of course.
Keeping Up With the Bach Cello Suites
In recent years, there's been so much new information on J.S. Bach's six cello suites that it can be hard to keep up. A new book is not only the newest (and therefore the most up-to-date) entry in the long catalog of Bach suite studies, it is also outstandingly comprehensive in scope.Â
Two Ensembles Double Up for Nova Cantica
Two esteemed ensembles, two recordings, a new double-disc set. Almost a decade in the making, Ensemble Peregrina and Ensemble Gilles Binchois team up for 'Summa Leticia: A Survey of Nova Cantica in France, c. 1100' — music that was radical in its day and, for us, is loaded with such ambiguity that this repertoire is infrequently performed.
Bliss: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Handel
The early demise of American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson left an unfillable hole in the hearts of many listeners. A newly remastered recording captures the burnished beauty of tone, commitment to character, and intensity that made her such an unforgettable artist.
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
CALL FOR PROPOSALS — FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR The Sociable Fortepiano: A New Space for Redefining Fortepiano Musicking and Practice March 5–9, 2026 – New York City Open to scholars, ...
After their superb San Diego debut with La Morra, we are delighted to welcome back renaissance harpsichordist Corina Marti and renaissance luteist Michał Gondko in an intriguing recital of rare ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (contact: Deborah Fox 585-703-3990 or deb@pegasusearlymusic.org) Pegasus Early Music and NYS Baroque Hire New Administrative Director After years of dreaming of expanding, Pegasus Early Music and partner ...
Da Vinci Classics proudly presents the first modern recording of Musicalische Gemüths-Ergötzung by Jacob Kremberg, a forgotten gem of the German Baroque repertoire. These intimate arias with continuo open a ...
Brighten your December with daily music from Guts Baroque! Whether it’ll bring moments of holiday joy or moments of respite from a stressful season, treat yourself (and your loved ones!) ...
