Early Music America

BEMF returns in 2025 with keyboard virtuoso Francesco Corti and the BEMF Chamber Ensemble on February 8 and AGAVE with countertenor Reginald Mobley on February 14 ARTISTS:  Francesco Corti, harpsichord & organBoston Early Music Festival Chamber EnsembleRobert Mealy, Director Robert Mealy, concertmaster; Sarah Darling, violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola; Phoebe Carrai, violoncello; Heather Miller Lardin, double bass; Debra Nagy & Kathryn Montoya, oboe;

The American Classical Orchestra (ACO), New York City’s leading period instrument orchestra, continues its 40th anniversary season with a performance of Bach’s grand choral masterwork, the St. John Passion, on Thursday, January 30. The concert is the second of three full orchestral concerts led this season by Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford at Alice

Music Director Leon Botstein conducts the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) with the Bard Festival Chorale in an all-C.P.E. Bach concert at St. Bartholomew’s Church, a National Historic Landmark, on Friday, January 24 at 8 PM. The Bach at St. Bart’s program offers the U.S. premiere of one of the composer’s only three oratorios, Die Auferstehung

Presenting J.S. Bach Works for Lute Vol. 2 by Jadran Duncumb, a unique reading of the master organist’s exquisite music through the prism of the lute and its unique palette of colours, ornaments and resonances. Since performing Bach’s Partita 1006a as a finalist on BBC Young Musician of the year, Jadran Duncumb has spent 16