Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Music by unnamed composers comprises a third of the magnificent Kroměříž collection in the Czech Republic, outnumbering any named composer’s work. Whoever its authors are, the anonymous music’s craft equals that of the known composers there, like Schmelzer and Biber, which is uniformly excellent and worthy of many concerts. […]
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players presents ANONYMOUS Read More »
The North American Virtual Recorder Society (NAVRS) will soon celebrate its one-year anniversary and what an amazing year it has been! What started as a seed of an idea in the Summer of 2021 has grown into a vibrant and enthusiastic Chapter of the American Recorder Society. We received our official status in January 2022
October 17, 2022. Music (“diverse, brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable”) of the Loeillet Cousins, Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant (1688-c1720) and John Loeillet of London, (1680- 1730) Recorder Virtuosi of the early 18th Century. Led by Lewis R. Baratz, Music and Artistic Director of La Fiocco, period instrument ensemble, accompanied by Benjamin Berman on harpsichord. (For
Highland Park Recorder Society Seminar Series in Early Music Performance, 2022-2023 Read More »
Announcing a new conference! ————- Improvisation in Historical Styles: Performance, Pedagogy, and Research Conference Announcement and Calls for Proposals November 19-20, 2022 Online This conference will explore current developments in the performance, pedagogy, and research of keyboard, vocal, and instrumental improvisation from the Renaissance through the Romantic eras. Such an exploration is timely. The rediscovery
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We dive into ornamentation for a slow movement with Johann Joachim Quantz’s help. Quantz left us an example adagio constructed from basic building blocks. For each building block he notated several ornaments that work. On this first day of the course we will work on learning options for one building block, and how to fill
Online Baroque Ornamentation Course with Robert de Bree Read More »
