The works Piffaro has chosen for this journey through German and Franco-Flemish music gives the artists myriad opportunities to revel in the diverse colors their instruments lavish on 38 brief and varied selections.
Piffaro Invigorates Wind Music Leading To Bach Read More »
The secret of the Boston Early Music Festival’s success is an ensemble framework that radiates from the centerpiece opera. “Le Carnaval de Venise” by André Campra provided not only a thematic focus for the festival but also the structural resources for many of its other events.
BEMF Animates Campra Opera-Ballet And More Read More »
The scholarship of Michael Marissen has always been characterized by depth of research, fearlessness, and a tendency towards considerable speculation. Those qualities are found in the work under review, a compilation of seven of his essays dealing with religious issues in the music of J. S. Bach.
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Lutenist Ronn McFarlane and his colleagues will present “Will You Walk the Woods So Wild,” a program of John Dowland and William Byrd exploring the intersections between the folk music and art music of England, Scotland, and Wales, at the Boston Early Music Festival on June 12.
McFarlane: Rocking With Ayreheart At BEMF Read More »
Word is out. Young professional musicians looking for an edge in their game or an extra nudge for their career have jumped at the chance to audition for the Berwick Academy, the intensive education-cum-performance institute that is part of the Oregon Bach Festival.
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The recording is nicely varied and well performed; the ensemble sings with a tasteful sense of unity and phrasing, and the perfect intervals resonate well in their acoustic space.
Ensemble Scholastica Makes Fine CD Debut Read More »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Looking ahead to their 40th season, starting in September, and beyond, the musicians of Carolina Pro Musica are eager to explore a variety of possibilities. Widening their horizons with new guest artists is one likely direction.
Carolina Pro Musica: Early Music, Family Style Read More »
What seemed like a dream for artistic director Jeannette Sorrell in 1992 is today a flourishing reality. “It’s a success story largely due to Jeannette’s nearly infallible sense of how to reach her audience,” said musicologist Ross Duffin, who coined the ensemble’s name.
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Music historians traditionally choose from three methodologies to write their books: biographical, stylistic, and chronological. David Wyn Jones, however, tells us “this history takes a different approach, a slice history focusing on three epochs, 1700, 1800 and 1900, a portrait of each period that allows contrasts to emerge and continuities to be articulated.”
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