How many arts organizations are needed to make an opera sing? In the case of the Opera Columbus production of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Armide, it’s the more, the merrier. For the …
‘Rewarding’ collaborations to enchant in Lully opera Read More »
Craig Tomlinson got into harpsichord making while the getting was good. It was the 1970s. Baroque music was enjoying a revival and period instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries …
HAVANA TIMES — I’ve been alerting readers to the imminence of a major, worldwide crisis for years now. Those of us concerned with this issue have a special interest in …
Indianapolis Early Music and IndyBaroque Music, Inc. announce the first Indianapolis International Baroque Competition. The finals will be held on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 4:00 PM at the Indiana History …
2016 Indianapolis International Baroque Concerto Competition Read More »
The 2015 Gramophone Classical Music Awards will be presented tomorrow evening (September 17) in London, drawing the stars of the classical music world and a host of record labels from …
Countdown to the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2015… Read More »
For tens of thousands of youngsters the humble recorder is their first introduction to making music. And for many of their parents – in the shrill, early days at least …
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Paul Dyer’s passion undimmed Read More »
On Monday 21 September, the Tallis Scholars will perform their 2000th concert when they sing works by Taverner, Sheppard, Byrd and Gabriel Jackson at St John’s, Smith Square in London …
Six of the best – the Tallis Scholars in numbers Read More »
The ingredients for Covent Garden’s new Orphee et Eurydice make the mind boggle. Direction is shared between a choreographer (the Israeli Hofesh Shechter) and a house director (John Fulljames), with …
For all the wonders of the web, it “threatens habits of deeper inquiry,” Ian Leslie argues in “Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It.” This …
The Concert Hall as Refuge in a Restless, Web-Driven World Read More »
Identifying the wood of the surviving historical wire-strung harps of Ireland and Highland Scotland has long been an important goal of researchers and instrument-builders. In 1969, microscopic examination of the …
Reidentifying the wood of the Queen Mary and Lamont harps Read More »