Musica Secreta’s exceptional new release is as much about gorgeously sung Renaissance polyphony as about musicological discoveries. A must-listen album.
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A podcast celebrating traditionally underrepresented performers, scholars, and research topics in early music and historically informed performance. Now We Listen! is curated and produced by members of EMA’s IDEA Task Force and is the only early-music podcast written and hosted by diverse individuals in the HIP community. NWL is available via the player below or wherever you
EMA introduces the inaugural season of NOW WE LISTEN!, a five-episode podcast celebrating traditionally underrepresented performers, scholars, and research topics in early music and historically informed performance.
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In March 2020, New York City vocal coaches Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff, suddenly out of work, created a Facebook group for singers to practice together: Bel Canto Boot Camp.
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(Boston August 31, 2022) The Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra and Chorus will showcase the radiant depth of JS Bach’s musical genius with Glories of Bach on October 7 + 9, 2022 at Symphony Hall. Jonathan Cohen, founder and artistic director of Arcangelo, will lead the H+H Orchestra, replacing Bernard Labadie who withdrew due to
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Peter Bassano’s story goes back 500 years, when five Bassano brothers were hired by Henry VIII as court musicians. In the late 1960s, Peter joined David Munrow in London’s exploding early-music scene. He describes it as “an electric shock going through me.”
One of the nation’s leading organizations for the advancement of early music, the San Francisco Early Music Society (SFEMS), has announced its 2022–23 season featuring some of the most exciting early music practitioners from here and abroad in six wide-ranging programs. The season runs from September 30 through April 23, with concerts presented in Palo
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Pegasus Early Music is thrilled to announce a first for Rochester: a premiere production of Monteverdi’s 1607 opera, or “tale in music”, L’Orfeo. This ground-breaking opera is based on the myth of Orpheus which has fascinated story-tellers and listeners for millennia. In keeping with Pegasus’ reputation as “Highly unique…always original” (D&C), this is something that
Timothy Olmsted found his voice as a fifer and bandsman in the Revolutionary War, and he would go on to pioneer musical freelancing in the young Republic.
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Jan Caeyers’ expertise with both the social history of the composer’s world and the music of the period makes this an important addition to the Beethoven literature. Told with almost operatic drama, the book tells us much that we did not know, adding to our understanding and appreciation of this pivotal figure in musical history.
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