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Vol. 24 No. 3; September 2018
Trio Settecento Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The ensemble marks the milestone Feb. 18 with a program at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston, IL, under the auspices of the Music Institute of Chicago, dubbed “Five at Twenty” featuring will six selections from Arcangelo Corelli’s Op. 5 from 1700.
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Glover Savors Bond With Music Of The Baroque
Jane Glover: “I happen to think that the MOB Chorus is the best chamber choir in North America. Actually, I would say that about the orchestra, too. I think it is the best chamber orchestra in North America. It’s thrilling to be part of.”
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Carmel Bach Festival Performs Balancing Act
Anyone unfamiliar with the festival might be surprised to learn that its programs also encompass a healthy dose of 19th, 20th, and even 21st-century works. Put simply, Bach is the foundation, but the festival builds a musical house on him of many colors, styles, and periods.
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Chicago Musicians Reaching Outside the Box
The Bach and Beethoven Ensemble is doing everything it can to attract audiences who know little about classical music and maybe even less about early music.
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Jory Vinikour: Multi-Tasking Musician On The Go
It is safe to say that very few, if any other, of today’s top harpsichordists can match the whirlwind, all-encompassing nature of his career, which includes performances on nearly 50 audio recordings and DVDs.
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Musical Riches from Iberia and the Americas
Chicago’s Bella Voce opens its season with choral music exploring the cultural links between the Americas and the colonial powers of Spain and Portugal. Some of the composers on this enriching program were born in the New World, some were European-born travelers, and a few never crossed the Atlantic but their music did.
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New Leaders, Fresh Perspectives
Two first-time artistic directors of esteemed early-music ensembles — Priscilla Herreid at Philadelphia’s Piffaro and Liza Malamut at Chicago’s Newberry Consort — are countering social and economic trends with fresh attitudes and new concert ideas. They’re part of a cohort of leaders bringing historical performance in line with today’s audience expectations.
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The Rise of Community
New and Different: the rise of amateur Baroque community orchestras with no direct links to academia or instrumental societies. These musicians play with period instruments and are just as committed to historical performance as their professional counterparts. Yet ‘we do not reject anybody because they are either too good or too bad.’
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The Best-Kept Secret in American Early Music?
The Aston Magna Festival, which stakes a claim as the oldest period-instrument festival in the country, turned 50 this past summer. As its long-time artistic director, violinist Daniel Stepner, plans to retire, the venerable festival is in for major changes.
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