Despite little rehearsal time and shared salaries, the players who return annually for the festival around Puget Sound are elated to make music with founder and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan.
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: ‘Winging It’ At A High Level Read More »
Both of Musica Antiqua Köln’s recordings of Pachelbel’s (in)famous Canon in D served as my gateway into the world of Early Music.
Pachelbel: Canon in D Read More »
This is such a gorgeous aria, full of yearning and tenderness. Also many happy memories of recording this with Aaron Sheehan, Stephen Stubbs and Pacific MusicWorks.
Handel: Thus When the Sun from’s Wat’ry Bed Read More »
early music fans may prefer (I know I do) a more serene version of the “alamo” by early 16th-century Spanish composer Juan Vazquez, the lovely Villancicos, “De los alamos venue” — “from the cottonwoods.”
Vasquez: De los alamos vengo Read More »
I first learned the Biber Passacaglia in a class with my earliest period instrument teacher, Jane Starkman, whom I met at my first Baroque Performance Institute.
Biber: Passacaglia in G minor from Mystery Sonata XVI Read More »
