While most string players in modern symphony orchestras use synthetic strings made of steel or nylon, baroque violinist Andrew Fouts — an artistic director of Chatham Baroque — special orders gut strings from a small shop in Minnesota.
Baroque music: It’s music with (sheep, cow, mongolian horse and mammoth) guts Read More »
The sheer joy that cellist Jaap ter Linden and fortepianist David Breitman describe in the liner notes about getting to play this music with each other is on display throughout the album.
CD Review: Beethoven With Period Style Read More »
Rebecca Cypess and Nancy Sinkoff’s monograph, a collection of fascinating essays based on a conference they had produced at Rutgers University, provides a significant resource for reassessing the historical record.
Book Review: Bach In Berlin Salons Read More »
Conductor Zachary Carrettin and the Boulder Bach Festival return to one of J.S. Bach’s masterworks of their repertoire on Sunday (Nov. 11), the Mass in B minor. But if you heard it the last time they performed the same work, in 2015, you should know this time will be different.
Boulder Bach Festival returns to the B-Minor Mass, but differently Read More »
From Monteverdi to Mozart, the notion of period performance — or historically informed performance — has grown up. And all music, not just Renaissance and Baroque compositions, can benefit from the newfound adulthood.
Reaping Rewards Of Period Performance Read More »
