One of the most persistent myths about Bach is that his work is marked by a fundamental conflict between the sacred and the secular.
There’s More Religion Than you Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ Read More »
Emi Ferguson joins the orchestra in the principal flute position, Heather Miller Lardin joins in the principal bass role, and Jonathan Hess joins as the principal timpanist.
Handel and Haydn Society Adds Three New Principal Musicians to Orchestra Read More »
Only four of the nine sonatas for violin and continuo on this recording by the Brook Street Band can be definitively attributed to the master through an extant autograph score. Authorship aside, all of these sonatas are at the very least charming, often clever, and always beautiful.
CD Review: Handel (Maybe) Sonatas Read More »
‘The Montpellier Codex, The Final Fascicle: Contents, Contexts, Chronologies’ is an accompaniment to a manuscript containing the largest collection of Medieval motets and an important source of 13th-century polyphony.
Book Review: Probing Old French Music Read More »
By exploring historical instruments and techniques to play them, pioneers of the early music revival have opened up new worlds of sound.
Carnegie Hall Presents a Fresh Look at Early Music Read More »
