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CD Review: A Mesmerizing Medieval Debut from Concordian Dawn

EMA Recording Reviews, News

It’s exciting to discover an up-and-coming early-music ensemble, especially one with a focus on Medieval repertory. Concordian Dawn, with its debut album, is just such an ensemble. Its theme speaks to us today: fortune, desire, and hope, in the wake of forces beyond our control. The ensemble focuses on music that depicts medieval love and loss, anger, bitterness, grief, anticipation, and joy—emotions many of us have felt over the last few years.

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CD Review: Apollo’s Fire Seeks Unity with “O Jerusalem!”

EMA Recording Reviews, News

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire, based in Cleveland, seek the themes that unite diverse cultures in “O Jerusalem!,” an intriguing new recording that explores folk, religious, and high-art traditions. These live recordings, arranged from traditional sources and played with fire and reverence, offers a musical tour through each of the city’s four neighborhoods.

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Let’s Talk About Antisemitism in Our Field

EMA Features, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, News

As a society, we are finally having conversations that aim to upend systemic injustice. But there’s been curiously little discussion about the ancient hatred of antisemitism, which has seen a resurgence across the political spectrum. Even as American Jewish institutions have come under fatal attack, this conversation has taken a backseat in the early-music community.

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Book Review: God is in the Details. Bach is, too, with Baroque Violin & Viola Lessons from Walter Reiter

EMA Book Reviews, News

‘The Baroque Violin & Viola’ provides an important introduction to Baroque violin playing for the modern violin and viola student, in 50 highly detailed lessons. The book is a rich collection of ideas, techniques, insights, and sources compiled and interpreted by the author during a teaching career of 30 years as professor of Baroque violin.

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Meet the Organetto, the Original Laptop

EMA Features, News

The small, almost-forgotten pipe organ called an Organetto is the star of this week’s Newberry Consort’s “Music Fit for the Medicis.” The organetto was typically played perpendicularly on a performer’s lap and was one of the most popular instruments in the 13th and the 14th centuries. None survive. What experts know today about the organetto comes from its depiction in hundreds of medieval paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and stained-glass windows.

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