January 2022
Vol. 28 No. 1; January 2022
Tempesta di Mare Continues Its Anniversary Season With Top Picks of 20 Years of Discovery
Tempesta di Mare, the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, continues its 20th anniversary season with three programs that look back on and forward to the orchestral and chamber music that the ensemble has been introducing to been introducing to American audiences over the years. First up is Season XX: Chamber | Highlights from Twenty Years of Discovery,
Chatting with a Keyboard Master: James Nicolson
James Nicolson, the 2013 recipient of EMA’s Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music, was interviewed in March 2021 by Leslie Kwan.
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Handel and Haydn Society’s Emancipation Proclamation Concert Returns December 31st
(Boston December 21, 2021) The Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History present the Emancipation Proclamation Concert. Part of Boston’s First Night celebration, the free concert is open to the public and will take place at the historic Trinity Church Boston in Copley Square on Friday, December 31, 2021, at 1:00
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Baroque Dance Steps Out In Online Instructional Videos
The platform is housed on the website of Les Jardins Chorégraphiques, Montréal’s premiere historical dance company, which Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière founded in 2008 and which she and Stéphanie Brochard co-direct.
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Violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma share first prize in third annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition
Contacts: Susan Barbash, Competition Coordinator info@jsbachcompetition.org 516-639-8575 Christina Dahl, Department Chair, Stony Brook University Department of Music christina.dahl@stonybrook.edu 631-632-7330 Stony Brook, New York Violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma share first prize in third annual Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition Violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma have each won a First Prize in
American Bach Society Diversity Initiative Off to Upbeat Start
The American Bach Society has piloted a grant initiative designed to “fund scholarly or creative projects that expand diversity in the study or performance of J. S. Bach and his music…along any axis.”
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Tempesta di Mare Announces Project Celebrating Musical Treasures from Baroque Central Europe
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, continues its 20th Anniversary Season with A 1000-Guilder Tune: musical alchemy from baroque Moravia. Inspired and named for its central instrumental piece, “1000-Guilder Sonata”, by Philipp Jacob Rittler, the program celebrates scores from him and two other notable composers — Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky and Giovanni Valentin. All
Boston Baroque’s Holiday Traditions continue with annual Messiah and New Year’s concerts
Handel’s Messiah ushers in the holiday season for in-person audiences at GBH’s Calderwood Studio in Boston and for streaming audiences around the world.
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Going Off Script: Modern Pianists Turn to Early Music to Learn Improvisation
“Having discussed these matters with countless students from across the world,” writes John Mortensen, ” I have become convinced that the classical music realm is increasingly receptive to historic improvisation.”
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