Montreal’s Infusion Baroque joyously blurs the lines between Western ‘early music’ and ‘world music’ in their latest album, East is East. The ensemble’s core musicians, plus an array of distinguished guests, make East and West sound refreshing and new.
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Basso continuo usually takes an accompanying role, but Montréal’s Space Time Continuo puts the bottom on top and into the fore. The ensemble adapts Italian lyricism for versatile lower-voiced instruments, depicting heaven and earth and all the emotional states in between.
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Facing budget cuts and with shifting educational priorities, the College of Music at the University of North Texas, in Denton, plans to eliminate its harpsichord lecturer position and hire a professor of organ and harpsichord.
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On March 8, the violin of Alan Choo, concertmaster and assistant artistic director of Apollo’s Fire, was stolen. Choo and his friends and colleagues have been sharing his “Cash Reward: $2,500” poster on social media—including a “no questions asked” plea for the return of the instrument.
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The definition of early music is always expanding, and this Early Music Month we look into traditional kora music from West Africa, which predates the European Baroque. Next week, New York’s Music Before 1800 presents Malian kora master Ballaké Sissoko and South African guitarist Derek Gripper in recital, an initiative to explore not ‘world music’ but ‘specific niches of historical music that deserve an equal spotlight.’
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