It is a joyful song, Henry Purcell is one of my favorite composers, and what the world needs now is Musick, Musick Musick! I was very much looking forward to the joyous occasion of singing Easter services, a recital in May, two festivals in Europe in June, and a recording project in July, which may […]
Purcell: If Musick Be the Food of Love Read More »
Matthias Maute’s successful reconstruction of the ‘Motezuma’ fragments depended heavily on his skill as a composer to “channel” Vivaldi while at the same time imagining a new dramatic framework for the story.
Vivaldi’s 1733 ‘Motezuma’ Receives 21st-Century Completion Read More »
“I am very fond of Dario Castello. Is it the obscurity surrounding is life? the tension and drama, but also the mystery, we hear and feel in his music? He certainly was a composer of great personality and his music one of the great expressions of Stylus Fantasticus. This is a recording I had the
Castello: Sonata Prima from Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno Read More »
The piece is from my debut recording, which was made at Chapelle de l’hôpital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours in Paris. It was played on the “Nicholas Lefebvre 1755 / Martin Skowroneck 1984”: the harpsichord Gustav Leonhardt owned until his death in 2012. “All my recitals (which includes the one for Music Before 1800 and Harpsichord
Duphly: Les Grâces, tendrement (Troisième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin 1756) Read More »
Bach is the deepest, most inspiring, most positive and uplifting composer I know. The energy of this music seems to be a perfect antidote to the anxiety of this present time. I make my living by performing live concerts. And, needless to say, all concerts have been cancelled or postponed until after the current COVID-19
J.S. Bach: Prelude from Suite in E major BWV 1006a Read More »
