Daniel R. Melamed’s book packs quite a wallop. In fewer than 150 pages, it provides enlightening insights along with provocative, even unsettling, commentary regarding two of the most celebrated — and challenging — compositions to issue from the pen of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet brings abundant flair to Vivaldi’s demanding ‘Il Grosso Mogul’ concerto, as well as other works by the Italian composer and an excerpt from a concerto by his pupil Johann Georg Pisendel, edited by the master himself.
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Scholar Christopher Stembridge discusses his new editions of Frescobaldi’s music and extensive experience with early Italian organs with Vox Humana Associate Editor Guy Whatley.
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra has acquired its fourth ‘Golden Age’ string instrument: a violin made in 1590 by Antonio and Hieronymus Amati. The violin, whose purchase was enabled by an AU$1 million investment from the Australian industry super fund Media Super, will be played by ACO violinist Ike See.
Australian Chamber Orchestra Instrument Fund acquires Brothers Amati violin Read More »
Washington, DC-based Opera Lafayette presents the original 1720 version of Handel’s ‘Radamisto’ Feb. 5 in DC and Feb. 7 in New York.
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