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 »
The French violinist shares her wisdom on giving a convincing historically-informed performance.
Amandine Beyer’s top 5 tips for aspiring Baroque violinists Read More »
The early music ensemble in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., will perform 12 concerts titled “A Christmas Messe: A Banquet of Seasonal English Music” Dec. 14-23.
The Folger Consort’s Sumptuous Feast Read More »
Jeanne-Marie Dolmetsch, elder twin-daughter of Dr Carl Dolmetsch CBE, and his first wife Mary, grew up amid a whirlwind of music-making that encompassed teaching, concert-giving both at home and abroad, and musical-instrument making at the family’s Haslemere workshops.
Tributes paid to early music revivalist Jeanne-Marie Dolmetsch Read More »
The ensemble’s new recording explores music composed by or attributed to Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, including scores preserved in the Archdiocesan Museum in the Moravian town of Kroměříž, where the composer worked briefly as a court valet and musician beginning in 1668.
CD Review: ACRONYM In Splendid Battle Read More »
