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
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 …
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!
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 [email protected] 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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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
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 …
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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, Sarro, and Corelli. Vocal and instrumental works.
“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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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 …
What is forbidden is often the most desirable. The dances and rhythms of its New World colonies created a sensation in the Spanish courts, and were eventually banned for their perceived lasciviousness. In this captivating collaboration, Dance Through Time and Archetti Baroque Strings trace the saga of dances such as the chaconna, zarabanda, and folias from their indigenous beginnings …
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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 …
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 violin, …
What is forbidden is often the most desirable. The dances and rhythms of its New World colonies created a sensation in the Spanish courts, and were eventually banned for their perceived lasciviousness. In this captivating collaboration, Dance Through Time and Archetti Baroque Strings trace the saga of dances such as the chaconna, zarabanda, and folias from their indigenous beginnings …
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Early Music Foundation Presents Early Music New York Frederick Renz, Director PUBLICK MUSICK Bach in London In 1765, Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel, as partners, established the format of “Publick Concerts” for London audiences in order to showcase their compositions. Over the course of nearly two decades of “Bach-Abel Concerts,” …
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