Click to read the Spring 2016 Issue (must be logged in to view content). On The Cover: “A recent press trip to Israel piqued my interest in that fascinating country’s early-music scene. Israel is at once ancient and new, like so much of what we are trying to do in our field, and I was […]
Spring 2016 EMAg “Musical Miracles” Out Now! Read More »
contributed by Benjamin K. Roe In our first Early Music Month post we noted that there is hardly a consensus about just what the end point of the “Early Music” epoch should be, particularly since in recent years there have been notable (and radically different sounding!) “historically informed” performances of recordings of Brahms, Berlioz, and
The PBO Trio: Ton, Tini, and Monica Read More »
contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Imagine that you’re sitting in a wonderful big room in a palazzo in Venice on the Grand Canal. One end of the room has enormous windows that look out on the Grand Canal. And if you look out there, you see amazing houses, and gondolas plying the water. And if
Inside the House Of Dreams Read More »
contributed by Benjamin K. Roe I think that looking at all those amazing banyan trees, all the poinsettias, all the amazing wildlife that’s there, you get the feeling that the word “Baroque” really comes to life…I think the music just sounds that much more alive in the setting of Miami. – Jay Bernfeld, Co-Artistic Director
A Tropical Tempesta Read More »
Contributed by Benjamin K. Roe In yesterday’s post we talked about a noontime Bach series that’s taken place in the Nation’s Capital for more than a quarter century. In Philadelphia, they prefer their Bach@Seven, thanks to the intrepid efforts of Choral Arts Philadelphia. Artistic director Matt Glandorf tells the Philadelphia Examiner, “The goal was inspired
