Four Japanese boys, students at a Jesuit missionary school in the 1580s, were sent on an eight-year tour of Europe. Tracing this fascinating but fraught history for a concert program meant accepting a host of practical, historical, and ethical challenges.
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Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will perform Renaissance music extolling the virtues, glories and agonies of love and marriage – from the sacred to very secular – in its upcoming Fall concerts in West Los Angeles (Westchester) and in the San Gabriel Valley. The concerts will take place October 11, 2025, at 8 p.m. at Holy
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The York International Young Artists Competition is delighted to announce that applications are invited for next year’s competition. This prestigious longstanding competition which has launched the careers of many young early music ensembles will take place between 8 – 11 July at the National Centre for Early Music in York, UK as part of York
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Gathering for an English country dance is like taking a walk through the history of social dance and music, much of it based on Playford’s ‘The English Dancing Master.’ Always a popular and fun night out, the art form today attracts a broad range of participants and is sometimes backed by an early-music band.
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Salon Concert: Rococo RepastTuesday, September 16, 2025Reception at 6 PMConcert at 7 PMMetropolitan Club, 1 E. 60th StreetAmerican Classical Orchestra MembersThomas Crawford, Founder and Artistic DirectorEmi Ferguson, flauto traversoDavid Dickey, oboeAisslinn Nosky, violinMyron Lutzke, celloMichael Haydn: String Quintet in C Major, MH 187Johann Christian Bach: Quintet in D Major, Op. 22Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet
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The premise of these essays on the beginnings of French opera isn’t so much about the expected topics — composers and repertoire — but about the Académie royale de musique, the complicated, personality-rich institution that managed and shaped how the burgeoning art form evolved. It’s a rewarding approach when viewed as “an almost ideal example of tradition building.”
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As we discover more about historical women musicians and share their stories with a 21st-century audience, writes keyboardist and theorist Paula Maust, we must create a narrative that does not put the protagonist in a position of deference to the important men around her.
New York (August 11, 2025) — The Frick Collection today announced its 2025–26 concert season, marking the return of its longstanding annual classical performance series following the museum’s April 2025 reopening. With twenty-five concerts running from October 10, 2025, through May 22, 2026, the inaugural season more than doubles the number of performances offered in
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THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ANNOUNCES2025–2026 WORSHIP & ARTS SEASONSeason features time-honored classics including Mozart’s Requiem, chamber concerts by The Sebastians, and organ recitals by Chelsea Chen and Raymond Nagem NEW YORK, NY — The Brick Presbyterian Church, a historic house of worship on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, proudly announces its 2025–2026 Worship & Arts Season.
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