Opera Lafayette Performs Handel Rarity
Washington, DC-based Opera Lafayette presents the original 1720 version of Handel’s ‘Radamisto’ Feb. 5 in DC and Feb. 7 in New York.
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CD Review: Brahms Goes Historical
Yi-heng Yang and Kate Bennett Wadsworth are not the first modern musicians to record Brahms’ Cello Sonatas on period instruments — in this case an 1875 Streicher piano and a gut-strung cello played without endpin. But they are the first to do so while attempting to revive late 19th-century performance practice.
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CD Review: Keyboard Master At Work
Joan Benson has had a formidable career as a recording artist, teacher, pedagogue, and published author. Now, at 93, her prolific performing career is once again visible to the masses through this collection: a two-CDd set of works culled from her live performances and studio albums spanning 40 years.
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Handel and Haydn Society Announces Artistic Director Harry Christophers Will Step Down Following 2020-21 Season
In announcing the 2019-20 season, the Handel and Haydn Society is also announcing that Artistic Director Harry Christophers, currently in his 10th season as artistic director, will step down from his role with the organization following the 2020-21 season.
Celebrating The Baroque In Colorado
It might come as something of a surprise that Denver is home to the 14-year-old Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. More than a mere regional outpost, it has built a national reputation as a first-rate period-instrument ensemble.
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