Schubert and Handel at Severance. Mozart and Bach at Blossom. Between the Cleveland Orchestra’s two programs this weekend, there’s no overlap beyond Haydn with principal cellist Mark Kosower. Lucky for …
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The bare, resonant walls of Tacoma’s Christ Episcopal Church will ring with the lush polyphony of 16th-century Spain this weekend as professional early music vocal group Canonici both leads a …
Canonici offers early music workshop, free concert at Christ Episcopal Read More »
Musica Sonora, Tucson’s only professional early music ensemble, will perform its final concert on Sunday, ending a run that goes back decades and draws its roots to the University of …
Alan Curtis, who has died aged 80, was a harpsichordist, musicologist and pioneer in the restoration of Baroque music who brought some of the earliest known operas from the specialist …
Last night the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall saw the annual Distinguished Artist Series recital for the American Bach Soloists (ABS) Festival 2015. The featured soloist was John …
‘Distinguished artist’ John Thiessen surveys the Baroque trumpet repertoire Read More »
The free Gramophone Awards Shortlist 2015 digital magazine contains the complete original reviews of each of the 72 recordings shortlisted for Gramophone Awards this year. Once again, the Instrumental category …
Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2015 Nominations Announced Read More »
Just because a group invokes Bach in its very name doesn’t mean there isn’t room for it to explore the music of other composers. The American Bach Soloists proved the …
Saint Thomas Church is heartbroken by the sudden death of John Scott, Organist and Director of Music, on Wednesday, August 12. John returned to New York on August 11 after …
Gun carriage from ship that mysteriously sank, and captured the attention of Samuel Pepys, emerges in startlingly good condition (Video in link). A unique 17th-century gun carriage has been successfully …
17th-century HMS London gun carriage lifted from Southend seabed Read More »
There’s something inherently dapper and cosmopolitan about the man who ironically considers himself more comfortable on the sidelines than in the spotlight. But Marc Giosi exudes a comfortable cool no …