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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 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.
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.
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