How Art Reveals the Limits of Neuroscience
You go to a gallery. The work is strange. You don’t know the artist. You aren’t familiar with the style. The pictures all look the same. Flat and dull. They …
You go to a gallery. The work is strange. You don’t know the artist. You aren’t familiar with the style. The pictures all look the same. Flat and dull. They …
The people who brought early music to the fore in the 1960s and 70s pioneered a new way of doing things. Historical performance on what we used to call “authentic” …
Jonas Kaufmann was 26 when he forgot how to sing. Kaufmann, who headlines at the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday alongside soprano Danielle de Niese and pianist Benjamin …
It’ll be alright on the night: how musicians cope with performance stress Read More »
J.S. Bach’s Aria with Thirty Variations (Goldberg Variations). The impetus for tackling this work came during the summer of 2013 when I simply felt burdened to embark on this journey. …
Performance of J.S. Bach’s monumental Aria with Thirty Variations Read More »
In the annals of Western civilization, surely two artists rise to the top of the heap: William Shakespeare and Johann Sebastian Bach. Others might be just as great (Picasso, Rembrandt, …
Stoked by baroque, Bach Society of Charleston forms to fill cultural void Read More »
ayers concert of the season By: David Steinberg / Journal Staff Writer Sunday, September 6th, 2015 at 12:02am The Albuquerque Baroque Players will present season-opening concerts in Albuquerque and Corrales. …
Derek Chester returns to open first Albuquerque Baroque Players concert of the season Read More »
Kate Steinbeck understands: Not everyone knows about chamber music. The artistic director of Pan Harmonia is happy to demystify the genre that began as entertainment for royalty. Before the flutist …
Pan Harmonia launches its 16th season of chamber music Read More »
“I am writing to you with an erection on my head and I am very much afraid of burning my hair”, wrote Nannerl Mozart to her brother Wolfgang Amadeus. What …
On the heels of its bicentennial, the Handel and Haydn Society has appointed a new president and CEO. David Snead, currently vice president of marketing, brand, and customer experience at …
New Works for Viola da Gamba (Viol) & Piano Works should be original, unpublished, and composed for an acoustic 7-string viola da gamba (bass viol) and piano (modern piano; with …