Whet your appetite for the classical stylings of Mozart and Haydn with violinist and director Rachel Podger. “There is probably no more inspirational musician working today” says Gramophone about violinist Rachel Podger, whose sparkling Tafelmusik debut more than a decade ago left a lasting impression on our musicians and audiences alike. Podger makes her long-awaited return as …
J.S. Bach is known to have enjoyed collecting the works of his extended family, from great-uncles to distant cousins! A study of motets by these earlier Bach’s alongside the monumental motet, “Jesu, meine Freude” of J.S. reveals the progression and summit of the German baroque motet. Scores from ChoralWiki will be provided in advance; after …
AEM ONLINE – Bach Family Archive: inside Bach’s Box! with Kent Tritle Read More »
Whet your appetite for the classical stylings of Mozart and Haydn with violinist and director Rachel Podger. “There is probably no more inspirational musician working today” says Gramophone about violinist Rachel Podger, whose sparkling Tafelmusik debut more than a decade ago left a lasting impression on our musicians and audiences alike. Podger makes her long-awaited return as …
English Country Dance tunes have wonderful melodies. But sometimes, someone else is playing the melody, and it's nice to have something else to do, other than doubling their melody. You could make yourself a coffee, or sit and knit. But we have lots of specific tools to help you figure out things you can do …
“Heaven and Earth” — Music of J. S. Bach Saturday, February 11 at 3:00 pm About the Festival Arizona Early Music’s first-ever festival is a celebration of the Baroque, featuring soprano Nola Richardson and baritone Tyler Duncan. Curated and led by virtuoso keyboardist and specialist of Baroque vocal repertoire Avi Stein, the Tucson Baroque Music Festival will take …
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Global Connections SEATTLE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA AND WHIM W’HIM Pas De Deux In-person and Virtual Seattle Baroque fans will recall the beautiful partnership between the Orchestra and the Whim W’Him modern dance company that resulted in stunning new choreography for Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater. This time our forces combine to to make a new creation based …
Early Music Missouri opens the second half of its 2022 - 2023 season with a program of Italian music for solo cello. The Evolving Cello: Sonatas & Sinfonia by Italian Virtuosi features music by some of earliest masters of the cello including Giovanni Bononcini, Guiseppe Dall'Abaco, Antonio Vandini and Benedetto Marcello. Baroque cellist, Stephanie Hunt, …
Whet your appetite for the classical stylings of Mozart and Haydn with violinist and director Rachel Podger. “There is probably no more inspirational musician working today” says Gramophone about violinist Rachel Podger, whose sparkling Tafelmusik debut more than a decade ago left a lasting impression on our musicians and audiences alike. Podger makes her long-awaited return as …
“Apollo and Daphne” — A Cantata by G. F. Handel Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 pm About the Festival Arizona Early Music’s first-ever festival is a celebration of the Baroque, featuring soprano Nola Richardson and baritone Tyler Duncan. Curated and led by virtuoso keyboardist and specialist of Baroque vocal repertoire Avi Stein, the Tucson Baroque Music Festival will …
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The perfect gift for that special someone: tickets for this February's coziest concerts! Early Music Access Project invites area residents to bring their Valentine to Winter Songs & Stories, performed in two of this area's most iconic spaces. When English and Scottish settlers came to the Colonies, they brought music, stories, and songs to bring light and laughter …
In recent years, the Haitian Creole song “Lisette quitté la plaine” has become a major part of baritone/scholar Jean-Bernard Cerin’s professional life. In this episode of SalonEra, Jean-Bernard traces the history of this song text and explores how the song shifts in meaning as it travels around the globe and is transformed by different musical …
The perfect gift for that special someone: tickets for this February's coziest concerts! Early Music Access Project invites area residents to bring their Valentine to Winter Songs & Stories, performed in two of this area's most iconic spaces. When English and Scottish settlers came to the Colonies, they brought music, stories, and songs to bring light and laughter …
The Pacific Baroque Festival returns to Victoria, BC from February 15-19 presenting five superb concerts. With the theme of Music for Distracted Times, this year’s Festival will musically transport you back to Baroque England of the 17th and 18th centuries - a time when King Charles II sat on the throne and London was celebrated …
Part of the Pacific Baroque Festival - The ‘Grand Tour’ was a tradition for upper-class Europeans to travel through Europe to visit the major cultural centers of Paris and Rome. Follow along a similar path and hear the many styles of the 18th century European organ in this tour de force of organ music from …
Part of the Pacific Baroque Festival - The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 allowed music-making to flourish and drew composer - performers to write virtuosic music for their instruments. The German violinist Thomas Baltzar settled in London, and in 1661 entered Charles II's service as leader of the king's private music ensemble, the ‘Four …
The Italians invented the violin, perfected its music, and travelled everywhere. An enchanting evening of Uccellini, Marini, Corelli, Matteis, Purcell & Handel. Elizabeth Blumenstock, Cynthia Miller Freivogel & Augusta McKay Lodge soloists
Could there be a more perfect collection of concertos than the Brandenburgs? Bach’s treasury of instrumental music—dazzlingly inventive, virtuosic, exuberant—when played on period instruments promises an unparalleled immersion into the great master’s music. And hearing them all on one program, performed on the instruments Bach knew, is priceless!
Presented by Early Music Vancouver. Featured artist: Consone Quartet (London) London’s Consone Quartet is the first period instrument quartet to be selected as ‘BBC New Generation Artists.’ Praised for their honest and expressive playing; they are fast making a name for themselves in classical and early romantic repertoire. The program includes work by Mozart, Haydn, Chevalier de …
Part of the Pacific Baroque Festival - Cultural activity in England during the 17th century was disrupted by political, religious, and social upheaval; Thomas Tomkins wrote his Sad Pavan two weeks after the execution of Charles I and after the destruction of his organ at Worcester Cathedral. He unfortunately did not live to see the restoration …
On Saturday, February 28, 2023, Owen Daly, builder of harpsichords and clavichords located in Salem, Oregon, will showcase his recently completed instrument made after Venetian models. Owen has presented for WEKA previously. In 2016, he shared his French instrument after Jean-Claude Goujon in a program of François Couperin and Rameau. The instrument featured in this program is in the …
Lute & Viola Da Gamba Duo Reservations required, please RSVP at 410.849.2494 or gambaville@mac.com https://ronnmcfarlane.com/
Part of the Pacific Baroque Festival - With the advent of public concerts, the fascination with opera, and the opening of the ‘pleasure gardens’, London, as the largest city in Europe, became a hive of musical activity during the 18th century. The plethora of musical opportunities attracted foreign musicians to visit or make their home …
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CALL ME MARIE is a new program based on the fables told by a 12th-century woman who pen-named herself “Marie de France.” Created and performed in collaboration with the Grammy-nominated duo Chapter House, this English-language version of her tales is sure to delight children and adults alike. Alkemie & Chapter House will regale listeners with tales of love, …
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Arcadia Viols (Robert Eisenstein, Jane Hershey, Douglas Kelley, Anne Legêne and Alice Robbins) perform works of Tobias Hume for 1, 2 and 3 parts as well as consort music of Coprario, Lupo, Gibbons Byrd and Dowland. Also included in a set of pieces based on the hexachord, is a new piece by Larry Wallach of …
Could there be a more perfect collection of concertos than the Brandenburgs? Bach’s treasury of instrumental music—dazzlingly inventive, virtuosic, exuberant—when played on period instruments promises an unparalleled immersion into the great master’s music. And hearing them all on one program, performed on the instruments Bach knew, is priceless!
Part of the Pacific Baroque Festival - The Pacific Baroque Festival concludes with a Choral Evensong Service featuring the music of Henry Purcell, Thomas Tomkins and others. Programme: Responses: John Reading (c. 1645-1692) Psalm: Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) “O how amiable are thy dwellings” Canticles: William Turner (c. 1651-1740) Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E Anthem: Thomas …
On Handel's birthday Four Nations celebrates with three arias from his Italian operas and sonatas by his players and librettists, Castrucci, Heym, Ariosti, and Arne. Join Pascale Beaudin, Olivier Brault, Evan Few, Nicole Divall, Loretta O'Sullivan and Andrew Appel in the perfect birthday party.
Italy was the place for new ideas in the 17th century for art and music. The concepts spread across Europe and beyond. Enter the Baroque period. Works by Castello, Marcello, Bononcini, Veracini, Sarri, and Corelli. Vocal and instrumental works. Henry Trexler, string bass joins Carolina Pro Musica.
“Radiant” soprano Sherezade Panthaki debuts with Les Délices for a sumptuous program of French baroque cantatas that celebrates the sensuous abundance of nature. Louis-Nicolas Clérambault’s lush soundscapes instead transport us to the Isle of Delos where rippling waves, rustling leaves, tender breezes, and birdsong fills the air, Montéclair’s beguiling Pan and Syrinx recounts the famous tale of the wood nymph transformed …
In this class we will explore select movements of Carl Friedrich Abel’s Six Easy Sonatas. Although they are not as virtuosic or extensive as his celebrated unaccompanied pieces, they offer an opportunity for an in-depth exploration of the humor and sentimentality often under looked in music of the Gallant style. Players will have a chance …
The sacred motets, Lagrime di San Pietro, are among Orlando de Lassus’ finest compositions. TENET Vocal Artists’ singers will be joined by Dark Horse Brass Consort in a rare performance featuring the entire collection.
with special guest Genevieve Galarneau TICKETS - $20 This concert includes traditional fiddle tunes and songs in Irish Gaelic from the 18th century. As Fiddler Magazine says, “Randal Bays is one of the finest Irish fiddlers one could ever hope to hear.” Randal Bays is an American born, Irish style fiddler who brings power and passion to …
“Radiant” soprano Sherezade Panthaki debuts with Les Délices for a sumptuous program of French baroque cantatas that celebrates the sensuous abundance of nature. Louis-Nicolas Clérambault’s lush soundscapes instead transport us to the Isle of Delos where rippling waves, rustling leaves, tender breezes, and birdsong fills the air, Montéclair’s beguiling Pan and Syrinx recounts the famous tale of the wood nymph transformed …
EMA's Emerging Professional Leadership Council (EPLC) invites you to connect with your early-music community across the Americas! Mixers will be held on the last Sunday of each month 7-8pm U.S. Eastern Time. Each will include conversations with extraordinary leaders in the field of early music, virtual happy hours, and panels followed by a Q&A. Grab …
This continuation of last month's class is open to all. We will explore how percussion instruments can be used to add variety, color, and rhythmic tension in early music. We will review playing techniques for hand drums, basic dance rhythms, common accompaniment patterns, and tips for creating parts. Participants can play melody instruments (A=440) and/or …
From multiple 15th and 16th-century settings of the popular liturgical hymns Ave maris stella (Hail, O Star of the Sea) and Stella caeli (Star of Heaven), to celestial bodies celebrated in music by Purcell and Handel, we’ll experience the divine beauty in music that honors the heavens. Open to: intermediate through advanced recorder players (other …
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Perhaps the English language’s most famous diarist, Samuel Pepys was a prosperous civil servant and bon vivant in Restoration London. The diaries he kept from 1660-1668 provide a fascinating glimpse of life during the reign of the “merry monarch” Charles II. An enthusiastic amateur musician who sang and the lute, viola da gamba, and flageolet, …
A Brave Barrel of Oysters: The Music of Samuel Pepys’ London Read More »
Perhaps the English language’s most famous diarist, Samuel Pepys was a prosperous civil servant and bon vivant in Restoration London. The diaries he kept from 1660-1668 provide a fascinating glimpse of life during the reign of the “merry monarch” Charles II. An enthusiastic amateur musician who sang and the lute, viola da gamba, and flageolet, …
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Members of Los Angeles-based viol ensemble Artifex Consort present a lush program of virtuosic French Baroque viol music, featuring—as a rare treat—both of Marin Marais’ decadent Pièces a 3 Violes from Pièces de Viole Livre IV (1717). The height of rhetorical brilliance, these works (alongside an array of colorful, enticing miniatures) showcase Marais as a …
Artifex Consort Feste Champêtre: Courtly Delicacies for Viols, Rustic and Refined Read More »
Peek into the library of J.S. Bach, featuring an elegant suite, virtuoso harpsichord concerto, and music by those who inspired him. Making his Tafelmusik debut this season is harpsichord soloist and director Francesco Corti, “a powerhouse of unbridled vivacity, exciting and excitable in equal measure” (BBC Music Magazine). Corti leads the orchestra in a fascinating …
Recipient of a prestigious 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant—the only Baroque artist in the respected program’s history—and Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, is a rising star on both the historical performance and modern violin stages. This concert offers Bach works for unaccompanied solo …
Julie Andrijeski | Director and Concertmaster in collaboration with Kinnara, J.D. Burnett | Artistic Director The ABO welcomes a vibrant new team to Atlanta! Recently relocated from Princeton, New Jersey, Kinnara, a “breathtakingly beautiful” (ArtsATL) professional chamber choir, joins the ABO in a program featuring contemplative yet powerful music for strings, winds, and voices. Open your hearts and minds to this …
Presented by Early Music Vancouver. Featured artists: The Breathtaking Collective with Hana Blazikova, soprano and Bruce Dickey cornetto The cornetto takes a prominent place among the choirs of angelic musicians in 16th century art. The connection with angels in this concert serves as the inspiration for an aural journey that ranges from 1600 to the present …
Ever heard a lyra viol? Here's your chance! In Sweetest Sympathy will showcase the lyra viol, complete with sympathetic strings, and provide a unique opportunity to hear two of the few such instruments in the world. The term lyra viol describes a specific style of playing that developed in 17th century England as well as a type …
Whether on the run from the law or a jealous husband, revolutionizing musical style or instrumental technique, composers in 17th century Italy lived on the edge and composed with heart on sleeve. The musicians of Abendmusik go out on a limb and relish the highs and lows of Rosenmüller, Uccellini, Castello, Bertali, Strozzi, Stradella, and …
Living Dangerously! Strings on Fire in 17th Century Italy Read More »
Julie Andrijeski | Director and Concertmaster in collaboration with Kinnara, J.D. Burnett | Artistic Director The ABO welcomes a vibrant new team to Atlanta! Recently relocated from Princeton, New Jersey, Kinnara, a “breathtakingly beautiful” (ArtsATL) professional chamber choir, joins the ABO in a program featuring contemplative yet powerful music for strings, winds, and voices. Open your hearts and minds to this …
March is Early Music Month! Please join Sinfonia Spirituosa for “An Afternoon in Italy” as we live up to our name in a sparkling, high-energy program celebrating Italian baroque music Harmonically rich and rhythmically playful, Francesco Geminiani’s Concerto Grosso Op. 2, No. 4 in D Major, steps out of winter into spring with the sunny trio of soloists flutist Cathie Apple, …
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Música Antigua de Albuquerque will present "The Pilgrim's Path," a program of music about the great religious pilgrimage sites in the Middle Ages, performed with voices and period instruments. Repertoire from Santiago de Compostela and the monastery of Las Huelgas in northern Spain, and the shrine of our Lady of Montserrat in Catalonia, as well …
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