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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Ready for a evening of quiet music as it might have been enjoyed in the inner chambers of a late 17th-Century household? In celebration of J.S. Bach’s 339th birthday, Blue Hill Bach will present “Organ and Clavichord: Companions for Centuries,” with the distinguished Bangor keyboard virtuoso Kevin Birch. Dr. Birch will take the audience on
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For 35 years, the Musicians of the Old Post Road ensemble has delighted in their mission of uncovering, exploring, and performing the works of historically overlooked communities and individuals. Based in the Greater Boston area, the ensemble specializes in the period instrument performance of dynamic and diverse music from the Baroque to early Romantic eras,
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Biblical oratorios by Handel and Bach are cornerstones of a vast repertoire filled with forgotten treasures. New York’s Academy of Sacred Drama is reviving these often-gorgeous obscurities, one show at a time. Led by violinist Jeremy Rhizor, their latest discovery is ‘Santa Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi,’ with performances this week. ‘The oratorios exist as literary narratives as well as stories of Biblical histories and lessons.’
AMERICAN CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA PERFORMS BACH’S B MINOR MASSvAT ALICE TULLY HALL WITH THE ACO CHORUS MARCH 7, 2024 Soloists are Sopranos Kristen Hahn and Nola Richardson, Countertenor Reginald Mobley, Tenor Steven Soph, and Bass Steven Eddy Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford leads the American Classical Orchestra (ACO) in a performance of Bach’s monumental B
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LA’s premier Chamber Music series, The Da Camera Society which presents internationally acclaimed artists in sites of architectural, historical, and cultural significance, will feature spring concerts throughout the Southland including the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Villa del Sol d’Oro, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Chamber Music | OC, and the Doheny Mansion: February 11 at 2
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You can now watch EMA’s extraordinary 2023 Emerging Artists Showcase, with three headliners. To introduce their performance, a member of The Fooles here offers insights into new postures and techniques required of this 17th-c. repertoire. And period-instrument ensembles everywhere should take note of their brilliant tuning regimen, where tuning fickle instruments isn’t a disruption but an engaging part of the show.
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Revisit the the 2023 EMA Awards ceremony from the Summit in Boston, recognizing three musicians for their achievements: Lindsey Macchiarella, Arthur Haas, and Ruben Valenzuela and his Bach Collegium San Diego.
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In celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 339th birthday, Blue Hill Bach will present a concert at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 22, at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church in Blue Hill. In “Organ and Clavichord: Companions for Centuries,” the distinguished Bangor keyboard virtuoso Kevin Birch will explore the intimate colors of three exquisite
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