The latest recording from the U.K.-based ensemble Spiritato highlights sonatas from the Düben Collection, a huge trove of manuscripts used at the Swedish Royal Court from 1640 to 1720 and containing some of the earliest known music to combine strings and trumpets.
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Rumi’s poetry has received wide attention in recent decades, as has the Sufi order inspired by his poetry. While scholars have devoted attention to the poet himself, its musical ceremony has not been as well studied. This book helps fill that gap.
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An unsung star of early music, Shira Kammen refreshes medieval music and everyone around her. Kammen has inspired and coached so many budding medievalists that she’s already a legend.
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October 17, 2022. Music (“diverse, brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable”) of the Loeillet Cousins, Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant (1688-c1720) and John Loeillet of London, (1680- 1730) Recorder Virtuosi of the early 18th Century. Led by Lewis R. Baratz, Music and Artistic Director of La Fiocco, period instrument ensemble, accompanied by Benjamin Berman on harpsichord. (For
Highland Park Recorder Society Seminar Series in Early Music Performance, 2022-2023 Read More »
Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble polled its membership and asked, “What made you a lover of Early Music?” The singers came up with a variety of medieval and Renaissance classics and rarities, forming the basis for the ensemble’s upcoming program, “Hooked on Early Classics.” The concerts will be presented on October 22 at 8 p.m. at
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A best-of disc from 2022. The New York-based Makaris ensemble takes a refreshing, historically informed approach to 18th-c. Scottish tunes, (mis)attributed to David Rizzio.
Review: Celtic HIP from Makaris Read More »
Featuring soloists Amanda Forsythe, Sonja Tengblad, Tamara Mumford, Nicholas Phan, and Kevin Deas. BOSTON, MA—Boston Baroque opens its 50th Season with Bach’s beloved Mass in B minor this October. The performance on Saturday, October 15 at 8pm will be held at GBH’s Calderwood Studio in Brighton, welcoming live studio audiences on site and virtual audiences
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Boston Early Music Festival Announces 2022–2023 Season BEMF returns with 9 programs in Greater Boston and available for virtual viewing; The GRAMMY Award-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series returns with a double bill of works by Lully and Charpentier with performances in Boston, Miami, and New York City; Returning artists and ensembles include Philippe Jaroussky, Vox
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The Bach Project has brought the music of old Johann Sebastian to Boston’s diverse Dorchester neighborhood, with some help from the young singers of the Ashmont Boy Choir.
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