It might come as something of a surprise that Denver is home to the 14-year-old Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. More than a mere regional outpost, it has built a national reputation as a first-rate period-instrument ensemble.
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The organization’s 2018-19 season has been styled “The Year of Moses.” To that end, artistic director Jeremy Rhizor has found three oratorios and an evening’s worth of cantatas celebrating the man who parted the Red Sea.
Academy of Sacred Drama Exalts Moses Read More »
Life in the arts is never easy, of course, but lately I’ve seen and heard so many of my fellow musicians crying out for help, not just financially but existentially.
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Will Crutchfield’s new program at SUNY Purchase brings historical practices to early 19th-century opera.
On his latest recording, the remarkable cellist Guy Fishman proves that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — so admired by the likes of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven — should be viewed as more than the transitional composer he is often thought to be.
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Each year on April 13, Our Lady’s Choral Society and the Dublin Handelian Orchestra commemorate the first performance of ‘Messiah’ with an hour-long version of the oratorio on Fishamble Street in front of the spot where the concert hall once stood that presented the 1742 premiere.
Handel’s Messiah Still Reigns In Dublin Read More »
From Monteverdi to Mozart, the notion of period performance — or historically informed performance — has grown up. And all music, not just Renaissance and Baroque compositions, can benefit from the newfound adulthood.
Reaping Rewards Of Period Performance Read More »
Cappella Pratensis, which predominantly sings sacred repertoire from the 15th and 16th centuries, returns to the United States for a five-city tour starting Nov. 10 in New York.
Dutch Group Embraces Renaissance Read More »
A place for musicians in North America to buy and sell period instruments. Listing an instrument is an EMA member benefit. There is no charge to list an instrument. Not a member? Join EMA today! Listings are limited to period instruments (both historical instruments and modern reproductions). No modern instruments, please. If approved, listings will
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