EMA FEATURES & PRESS RELEASES
Sonatas, Partitas, and a Testament
Contributed by Benjamin K. Roe This month violinist Rachel Barton Pine is busy touring and promoting her brand-new recording of J.S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, including an
Sarasa’s “Seven Last Words”
Contributed by Benjamin K Roe It was no easy task to compose seven adagios lasting ten minutes each, and to succeed one another without fatiguing the listeners; indeed, I found it
Misere and More: Music for Maundy Thursday
Contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life
The Competition
Elaine Comparone with her Hubbard Double Manual Harpsichord Contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Piano competitions are a dime a dozen, from the globally iconic (think Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Chopin in
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EMA RECORDING & BOOK REVIEWS
CD Review: Elegant Artistry On Pardessus De Viole
While much of the music for the pardessus remains unrecorded, a CD by Mélisande Corriveau, a Montreal-based gamba player and member of Les Voix Humaines, brings it to life with harpsichordist Eric Milnes.
CD Review: O’Dette Revels In De Rippe’s Lute Music
As one of the most influential, technically precise, and emotionally expressive performers in the lute world, Paul O'Dette is a fine candidate to be De Rippe’s modern-day counterpart.
CD Review: Bach’s Cello Suites Eloquent On Violin
Johnny Gandelsman takes these secularly composed, now sacredly received works higher in pitch while keeping the music refreshingly down to Earth.
Book Review: In Praise Of A Stellar Countertenor
We learn not only about Alfred Deller’s remarkable career in Christine Headley’s wonderful book, 'Sound the Trumpet,' but also about the Stour Music Festival, with which he was so closely associated.
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COMMUNITY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Lecture/Performance: New York Baroque Dance Company at the Morgan Library, March 17, 2023 5:30pm and 6:30pm, each approximately 25 minutes Claude Gillot was inspired by the troupe of Italian actors ...
(Boston) The Handel and Haydn Society’s principal flutist, Emi Ferguson, will make her solo debut with H+H in Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major. The performance will be ...
On Saturday 2pm, March 18, 2023, Ian Pritchard, harpsichordist, presents a program of harpsichord music by Johann Sebastian Bach alongside the music of earlier composers that influenced him. The recital ...
The new production will play off of Gluck’s direct and austere musical approach by streamlining “everything to the core of the crucible among the four characters." ...
March 11th, 2023, 4 pm, First Parish, Wayland, MA and live-streamed: www.oldpostroad.org March 12th, 2023, 4 pm, Old South Church, Boston, MA For over three decades, Musicians of the Old ...
