Rachel Barton Pine (violin) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), two superstars of the early music world, bring their collective talents to bear on some of Bach's greatest instrumental works. Enjoy sonic treats such as the Sonata in B Major for violin and harpsichord and the French Overture in B Minor—with the skill and panache that only […]
Early Music Missouri brings its 2023 – 2024 season to a close with three of Johann Sebastian Bach’s best-known secular pieces: the virtuosic Brandenburg Concerti 4 and 5 and the charming Coffee Cantata, a comic musical story of an overbearing father and his over-caffeinated daughter. EMMo regulars Arianna Aerie (soprano), Jeffrey Ballard (tenor) and Kevin […]
Rachel Barton Pine (violin) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), two superstars of the early music world, bring their collective talents to bear on some of Bach's greatest instrumental works. Enjoy sonic treats such as the Sonata in B Major for violin and harpsichord and the French Overture in B Minor—with the skill and panache that only […]
A four day workshop in sunny Florida. Members of the Tanto Tempo ensemble will offer classes divided by level in baroque chamber music, recorder ensembles, renaissance music on renaissance recorders, recorder pedagogy for music teachers, improvisation for all instruments, and continuo for keyboard players. Workshop includes an evening concert of ensemble Tanto Tempo. Tanto Tempo […]
The University of Oregon’s Oregon Bach Festival is happy to present the ninth annual Musicking Conference, “Musicking: Culturally Informed Performance Practices,” to be held in person in Eugene, OR on Tuesday, April 9 through Friday, April 12, 2024. The 2024 conference will bring together research, education, and performance by considering scholarship and performance practice studies […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
Starting in April, Seattle Recorder Society will sponsor a four-session beginning recorder program for 9-13 year-olds, called the Junior Recorder Ensemble of Puget Sound (JREPS). The group will be taught by SRS past president Nancy Gorbman, who led a similar group last summer on Vancouver Island. Music ranges from Medieval to Renaissance, folk tunes and […]
SONGS TO THE LUTE & VIOL Courtly Ayres, Songs from Shakespeare, Historic Ballads, plus Instrumental Fancies and Dances Ronn McFarlane, lute Danielle Svonavec, soprano Mary Anne Ballard, viola da gamba Music from the world of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, including popular continental favorites—French courtly airs and Italian dances, as well as traditional Appalachian […]
La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco continue a musical exploration that extends from the Iberian Renaissance to Indigenous and African-influenced folk traditions in contemporary South America. This program includes some of the earliest songs referring to Morenas—dark-skinned women who represented the female ideal of beauty outside the court in early modern Spain. These are songs […]
Tonos del Sur, directed by Sarah Cranor, is excited to present secular and sacred music from across Latin America, in Spanish, Chiquitano, and Quechua, in a project culminating with modern premieres of villancicos from the Catedral Metropolitana archive in Santiago, Chile, in partnership with scholar Paul Feller. Tonos will present this concert at the Latin […]
RIVAA Gallery Chamber Music Feasts for the eye and ear: A new concert series featuring period performance of 18th and 19th century chamber music RIVAA Gallery presents a new chamber music series in the vibrant setting of Roosevelt Island’s community art gallery. This musical series will be the only one of its kind […]
What: Free Mini-festival When: Saturday, April 13, 2024, 3:00-8:00 p.m. Where: Settlement Music School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch, 416 Queen St., Philadelphia, PA Registration & Info: 215-235-8469 or piffaro.org/recorder-fest Piffaro’s free-to-all Recorder Fest! is returning after a pandemic hiatus. A love letter to the recorder, the mini-festival welcomes musicians of every ability and stage of life, from elementary […]
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 3:00 PM First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (11 Garden Street, Cambridge) Tickets $10-$87 https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/world-of-ock/ https://www.blueheron.org/concerts/season25/okeghem-weekend/ Blue Heron is at present very likely the only ensemble in the world to have sung every piece written by Johannes Okeghem. Building on this unique expertise, the ensemble presents a selection of the master’s very […]
La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco continue a musical exploration that extends from the Iberian Renaissance to Indigenous and African-influenced folk traditions in contemporary South America. This program includes some of the earliest songs referring to Morenas—dark-skinned women who represented the female ideal of beauty outside the court in early modern Spain. These are songs […]
Northern Exposure Musical treasures from the frozen North While Italy was busy acquiring its status as the center of the baroque musical world, composers and performers in northern Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and England were busy developing their own unique sound, blending Italian influences with a distinctly rich northern sensibility and style. Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham, […]
‘‘Weapons of war and their use are something I am unable to engage with. I busy my time with notes, strings, and sounds. I work in the cause of harmony, mixing the sounds of France, Germany and Italy and attempting thus to prevent wars and to serve the cause of peace among nations and their striving for […]
La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco continue a musical exploration that extends from the Iberian Renaissance to Indigenous and African-influenced folk traditions in contemporary South America. This program includes some of the earliest songs referring to Morenas—dark-skinned women who represented the female ideal of beauty outside the court in early modern Spain. These are songs […]
Kiya Tabassian setar and voice Fahmi Alqhai viola da gamba The 15th and 16th Century have been described as the golden age of Spanish music, but they were also without a doubt the golden age of Persian and central Asian music. This concert’s journey from Spain to Iran brings into dialogue the music of the […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
Starting in April, Seattle Recorder Society will sponsor a four-session beginning recorder program for 9-13 year-olds, called the Junior Recorder Ensemble of Puget Sound (JREPS). The group will be taught by SRS past president Nancy Gorbman, who led a similar group last summer on Vancouver Island. Music ranges from Medieval to Renaissance, folk tunes and […]
Indulge in rollicking chamber music with a Bohemian flair for flute and strings, including a flute quartet by Gyrowetz, a nocturne for string trio by Brandl, a flute quintet by Lidl, lively Hungarian dances, and a period arrangement of Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.
Stile Antico Friday, April 19, 2024 | 8PM St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA VIRTUAL PREMIERE: Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm (ET) Available to watch until May 17, 2024 at 11:59pm (ET) A Divine Hope: Dante’s journey from inferno to paradise Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Its enduring […]
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova. Concertmaster of the high-octane period orchestra Il Pomo D’Oro, Valova is featured in the energetic Violin Concerto in A Major by the prolific Bohemian violinist František Benda. Hear for yourself why Valova’s new recording of this […]
Marcia Hadjimarkos, an Oregon native now in France, will will share a wide range of English keyboard music at the clavichord, from a 1630 virginal book to the 20th century, including a sonata by Joseph Haydn. We will meet in a Portland home with a large and beautiful music room, in order to hear the instrument […]
The Ars Antiqua Period Instrument Orchestra presents a concert of newly discovered works from the 18th century by Antonio Tonelli based on music of Corelli. With its stunning suspensions and rhythmic dynamism, Corelli's music had inspired Tonelli who transformed the master’s trio sonatas into sublime sacred vocal works of ravishing beauty. Virtually unknown, these sacred […]
Darkness to Light A very special joint presentation with Christ Church Cathedral, featuring the pre-eminent interpreters of Renaissance polyphony on their triumphant 50th Anniversary Tour. The journey behind this program is an obvious one at this time of year. We proceed from the darkness associated with Lent to the hope and joy which is Easter in the Christian […]
Award-winning harpsichordist Lillian Gordis juxtaposes selected Preludes and Fugues from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, with works by premier 17th century English composers William Byrd, John Bull, and William Tisdall. Join Capriccio on this glorious, illuminating journey through musical worlds of tonality and color.
From the Arabic oud to the Chinese Pipa and beyond, lute-like instruments have been adored around the world for thousands of years. In Europe during the Baroque period (1600-1750), the lute and guitar were praised not just by locals at the neighborhood pub but also by musicians playing in the street and even by Kings […]
18th-century Bohemia is the inspiration behind this program marking the Tafelmusik debut of Bulgarian violinist and guest director Zefira Valova. Concertmaster of the high-octane period orchestra Il Pomo D’Oro, Valova is featured in the energetic Violin Concerto in A Major by the prolific Bohemian violinist František Benda. Hear for yourself why Valova’s new recording of this […]
A concert inspired the historic gardens of Europe Lumedia Musicworks presents its latest concert titled A Little Night Garden Music in Dallas at St. John’s Episcopal Church on April 21 and at On the Levee event venue on April 22. The program promises an enchanting exploration of musical biodiversity, presenting works by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, […]
Indulge in rollicking chamber music with a Bohemian flair for flute and strings, including a flute quartet by Gyrowetz, a nocturne for string trio by Brandl, a flute quintet by Lidl, lively Hungarian dances, and a period arrangement of Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.
A concert inspired the historic gardens of Europe Lumedia Musicworks presents its latest concert titled A Little Night Garden Music in Dallas at St. John’s Episcopal Church on April 21 and at On the Levee event venue on April 22. The program promises an enchanting exploration of musical biodiversity, presenting works by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
OPULENT. RIVETING. ICONIC. Boston Baroque returns to Mozart’s seminal opera, Don Giovanni, with a new production starring Sidney Outlaw in the titular role. The world-renown cast features the return of Susanna Phillips to the Boston Baroque stage, company debuts for Patrick Carfizzi and Michelle Bradley, and a role debut for Sidney Outlaw. Boston Baroque will […]
Starting in April, Seattle Recorder Society will sponsor a four-session beginning recorder program for 9-13 year-olds, called the Junior Recorder Ensemble of Puget Sound (JREPS). The group will be taught by SRS past president Nancy Gorbman, who led a similar group last summer on Vancouver Island. Music ranges from Medieval to Renaissance, folk tunes and […]
OPULENT. RIVETING. ICONIC. Boston Baroque returns to Mozart’s seminal opera, Don Giovanni, with a new production starring Sidney Outlaw in the titular role. The world-renown cast features the return of Susanna Phillips to the Boston Baroque stage, company debuts for Patrick Carfizzi and Michelle Bradley, and a role debut for Sidney Outlaw. Boston Baroque will […]
Sergei Babayan, celebrated Armenian American pianist praised by The New York Times for his “consummate technique and insight,” will open the 50th anniversary Bach Week Festival — its farewell season — with an inventive, wide-ranging new recital program. He'll open with four J. S. Bach Preludes and Fugues and conclude with the Aria from Bach's […]
Dutch soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg and harpsichordist Stephen Alltop headline the 2024 Bach Week’s Festival’s Candlelight Concert with a program titled “Italian Delights.” The artists will spotlight Italian vocal styles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Admission includes champagne and fine chocolates.
The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra teams up for a production of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas.
Apr. 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Apr. 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Emlyn Ngai plays Bach's joyous violin concerto, BWV 1042, Gwyn Roberts performs virtuosic recorder suites by Telemann and Handel, and all players get a turn in Spring by Guido. Program Bach: Violin Concerto, BWV […]
Genevieve McGahey was featured in EMAg in September 2023 with her article, “Art of the Day Job.” Join McGahey and Emerging Professional Leadership Council member and host Wei En Chan on Sunday, April 28 at 7pm ET/4pm PT for a fun discussion around this very real and crucial part of being an artist in 2024! […]
A group of friends who happen to be among Chicago’s — and the nation’s — finest period-instrument musicians will play works by Baroque composers connected by mutual admiration and friendship: J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Georg Pisendel, and George Frideric Handel. The concert features soprano Hannah De Priest, Baroque violinist Shelby […]
Apr. 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Apr. 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM | Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Emlyn Ngai plays Bach's joyous violin concerto, BWV 1042, Gwyn Roberts performs virtuosic recorder suites by Telemann and Handel, and all players get a turn in Spring by Guido. Program Bach: Violin Concerto, BWV […]
Come hear rarely heard gems from Spanish speaking composers. Preserved mostly in a music collection in Guatemala, these pieces are rarely heard in the states and are lively works not to be missed! Music to include: Jose de Nebra: Aliena fervorosa Jose de Oreja y Aparicio: Ah del gozo Jose de Nebra: Llegad, llegad, creyentes […]
Baroque Practice, beginning September 5th, will be held on Tuesdays from 1-2 Eastern Standard Time. This free class online is designed for the general public. The class will be hosted by Catherine Turocy with additional guest teachers from the NYBDC and colleagues. Most classes will be a movement class but some sessions may be guided […]
The Cramer Quartet Rush Hour Music in J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library Celebrated artists perform chamber music from Baroque to contemporary in the intimate and sumptuous surroundings of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library. All concerts last approximately one hour. With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the Cramer Quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture […]
Revel in the splendor of J.S. Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos, the best of the Baroque. From the clarion call of the trumpet in No. 2 to the tour de force harpsichord solo in No. 5, there’s always something new to discover in this much-loved collection. H+H’s endlessly dynamic concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky joins principal keyboard Ian […]
Starting in April, Seattle Recorder Society will sponsor a four-session beginning recorder program for 9-13 year-olds, called the Junior Recorder Ensemble of Puget Sound (JREPS). The group will be taught by SRS past president Nancy Gorbman, who led a similar group last summer on Vancouver Island. Music ranges from Medieval to Renaissance, folk tunes and […]
“String Music from the French Court” Happy Hour Concerts welcomes Un tas de cordes to our series for a first-time concert. The Baroque string trio performs a program of chamber music from the courts of Louis XIV and Louis XV. The evening will feature sonatas by Jean-Féry Rebel and Georg Muffat as well as a […]
Marcia Hadjimarkos, an Oregon native now in France, will will share a wide range of English keyboard music at the clavichord, from a 1630 virginal book to the 20th century, including a sonata by Joseph Haydn. We will meet in a Portland home with a large and beautiful music room, in order to hear the instrument […]
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