Alkemie to present two performances on April 13 and April 14 at the Brooklyn Public Library and All Saint’s Episcopal Church NEW YORK, NY–On April 12, 2024, Bright Shiny Things releases Love to My Liking [BSTC-O201], early music ensemble Alkemie’s collection of 13th-century trouvère songs, dances, and motets, 8 of the 13 tracks are world […]
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BEMF concludes its 2023/24 Season with two brilliant returning ensembles in April: Jordi Savall with Hespèrion XXI on April 5 and Stile Antico on April 19 ARTIST: Hespèrion XXIJordi Savall, DirectorXavier Díaz-Latorre, theorbo & guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia; Philippe Pierlot, treble and bass viols; Xavier Puertas, violone; David Mayoral, percussion; Jordi Savall, Director & treble and bass viols WHEN: Friday, April
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In 1582, four Japanese teenage ambassadors set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon on what would be an 8-year adventure. Discover their amazing story and celebrate their musical accomplishments in Japan and abroad at a performance of Lyracle’s new program, Musicians of the Tenshō Embassy. Learn more at lyraclemusic.com/events Performers: Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano James Perretta, viol Danielle Boivin, actor
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Enjoy a live performance of music enjoyed and played in Colonial America! The Practitioners of Musick will offer a program at the historic Abraham Staats House (c.1740) that reflects late 17th and 18th century Dutch and English popular music heard in New Netherlands and its capital, New Amsterdam. A march composed in honor of American
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Arrangements of popular music have long been shunned in certain circles. But the author of a concise new book suggests that by ignoring arrangements, we’ve missed considerable cultural, artistic, and historical insights into music from the era.
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Celebrating Early Music Month, we look into a new trend seen from coast to coast: a Pay-What-You-Can ticketing model. This scheme comes with high hopes for attendance and diversity but inconclusive results. This article first appeared in the January 2024 issue of EMAg.
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Like her grandfather Maximilian I, who employed Isaac and Senfl, Mary Queen of Hungary brilliantly employed the Court composer Thomas Stoltzer to set Luther’s new 1524 Hebrew-German Psalm translations to pioneering 6/7vv. polyphony. Senfl arranged Josquin’s ‘Ave Maria’ to 6vv. These and other of their motets and lied are featured by RenChorNY led by Richard
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Blue Heron continues its multi-year exploration of the Italian madrigal with “Tasso & Wert,” a new program featuring dramatic scenes and lyrics by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-95) set to music by the Flemish composer Giaches de Wert (1535-96) and others. Taking place on Saturday, March 23 at 8pm at First Church in Cambridge,
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Once dismissed as “fringe events,” musical salons hosted by women in the 18th c. are rightly seen as an invaluable source. Rebecca Cypess’ engaging new book makes connections “that might otherwise go unnoticed.”
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (February 2024)– Chatham Baroque welcomes Grammy-award winning Baroque group, Apollo’s Fire, for their “Violin Fantasy” performance. The program, an album release concert, will be held on February 18th, 4PM, at Calvary Episcopal Church, the program explores the baroque traditional stylus phantasticus, which conveys mood through drama and mystery, while showcasing Heinrich Biber’s Mystery
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