May 2021
Vol. 27 No. 2; May 2021
Announcing “Boston Baroque On the Lawn” June 6 Outdoor Concer
Boston Baroque returns to live performance with “On the Lawn” Outdoor Concerts this June at the Lyman Estate in Waltham Welcoming back in-person audiences, the program includes works by J.S. Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi WALTHAM, MA—Boston Baroque is ecstatic to announce their first live performance with an in-person audience in
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CD Review: Works Inspired By A Former Swedish Queen
On this latest release from the American early-music ensemble Armonia Celeste, the musicians turn a keen eye and ear to works Christina would have helped to cultivate at court, chapel, and home.
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David Bayer: Harpsichord And Guitar Maker Extraordinaire
His best instruments have something extra: a Gestalt that makes them “objects of desire.” His legacy is his output, and all of the surviving instruments deserve to be preserved and maintained for posterity.
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Early Music Organizations & Societies in the Americas
Other membership organizations and societies supporting and promoting early music. To suggest an addition to this page, please email specialprojects@earlymusicamerica.org. Instrument-Specific American Recorder Society Historical Harp Society Historical Keyboard Society of North America Historic Brass Society Lute Society of America National Flute Association Historical Flutes Sub-Committee Viola da Gamba Society of America Musicology American Musicological
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CD Review: Berlin Friday Academy Energizes Janitsch Trio Sonatas
The performances are well balanced and clear, with sensitive attention to ornamentation, tempo, and blend. The musicians have a lovely sense of buoyancy and graceful motion that serves this repertoire very well.
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Chorus America’s 2021 Awards Recognize Outstanding Choruses and Individuals
Chorus America has announced the recipients of its 2021 awards program, recognizing a broad range of achievements in choral music and service to the choral field. The awards program celebrates and fosters meaningful contributions from remarkable individuals and choruses. “Chorus America is delighted to recognize the accomplishments of these incredible award winners,” said Chorus America
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Historical Performance in the West and Asia: An Ethnological Assessment
Joyce Chen’s research “shows that there is an imbalanced, circular relationship between Western and Asian HIP communities, exacerbated by a persistent tension between modern sensibilities and century-old musical practices.”
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Statement from Early Music America on Discrimination against Asian-identifying Musicians
It is deeply upsetting that the recent murders in Atlanta come amid a disturbing rise of anti-Asian violence in North America. Hate has no place at Early Music America.
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Handel and Haydn Society Celebrates Charles Ignatius Sancho With Jonathan Woody World Premiere Commission
(Boston March 19, 2021) On Tuesday April 20, the Handel and Haydn Society presents the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Brooklyn-based composer Jonathan Woody, based on music in the compositions of Charles Ignatius Sancho (1729 – 1780), the first person of African descent to publish classical music. Performed by members of
