EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Pied Piper of the Southeast
As a teacher, administrator, director, and advocate, Jody Miller makes everything in a class or workshop run smoothly. For early music, he says, 'we expect concertizing is the way we're going to reach everybody. I want us to think of solutions that work for the type of music we're dealing with.'
El MesÃas: Messiah for a New World
Bach Collegium San Diego, led by Ruben Valenzuela, finds acclaim for their 'El MesÃas' project, a translation of 'Messiah' into Spanish. And why not? Handel himself altered his music to adapt to new contexts and audiences.
Musings: No One’s Picking on Early Music
Is it possible that 'early music' is over, and we just haven’t realized it? I think we can expect, if not a revolution, at least a freedom, an exhilaration, a new age to succeed the old. After all, the modern HP movement has been around for about as long as the distance between the B-minor Mass and the Ninth Symphony. A lot of changes took place in those 75 years...
Hear the Ancestors Sing
Looking for ancient voices from his native Ecuador, Felipe Ledesma Núñez turned to ceramics and the sounds of his ancestors. He sees a problem in the humanities, 'that we are privileging the written word. And those kinds of systems are ill-suited: They cannot carry sound.'
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
Forgotten Treasures from Quodlibet Winds
Trésors Oubliés, the debut album from New York's period-instrument Quodlibet Winds, is devoted to music from early 19th-century Paris. The ensemble makes a stellar case for this repertoire. While strict in form, 'there's a sense of freedom and spontaneity that invites listeners inside the music.'
Christmas with Concordian Dawn
Concordian Dawn's 'Caroles by Candel-lēoht' service, a Christmastime tradition, is the inspiration for the Medieval ensemble's latest album. The music comes from English, Hebrew, Latin, and Sephardic traditions in an often fraught search for 'redemption and salvation.'
Subversion and Protest in Song
A valuable new book (and accompanying website) on protest songs gives insightful political context to music that can seem detached from its original meaning and culture. 'A protest song, like protest itself, is intent upon political change—of ideas, attitudes, or actions.'
Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas on Period Instruments, Just Right
Fortepianist Sezi Seskir and cellist Keiran Campbell's fine new recording of Beethoven's two cello sonatas captures the composer's many facets: nuanced, exciting, humorous, and often blazing with joy. Highly recommended.
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
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!) ...
In Mulieribus (IM), Portland's celebrated women’s vocal ensemble, invites audiences to step away from the holiday hustle into the serene beauty of their annual December concert, In The Stillness. This ...
Harmony Is in Our Hands presents local and international musicians performing repertoire inspired by the Baroque spirit of creativity, emotional depth, and shared humanity. All concerts operate under a pay-what-you-wish ...
