Their playing is so natural and communicative that fans will find gold in every measure and newcomers will wonder why the late quartets, aside from the Grosse Fuge, are considered so difficult.
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Carter Tholl, soprano Institute for 17th Century Music at Queens College, Baroque Opera Workshop I cannot speak highly enough about the level of instruction at the Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College. Working with experts like Julianne Baird, Drew Minter, and Christa Patton in such a close personal setting was an incredible experience. In addition
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Nick Jones taught English literature at Oberlin College for forty years, specializing in Shakespeare, Milton, and the British Romantic poets. Recently retired and living in Berkeley, California, he and his wife Sue are avid participants in the East Bay early music community. Nick is a singer, violinist, violist, and recorderist, and is learning the viola
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While previous New York Early Music Celebrations had as many as 90 events, this year’s schedule listed a more manageable 21 public concerts and a handful of educational and private events. Any local ensemble performing Oct. 13-22 was eligible for inclusion in the celebration, which is led by Frederick Renz.
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The Waits, performing mainly on wind instruments — shawms, dulcians, cornetts, and sackbuts — filled the city’s expanding musical needs. Widely hailed as England’s best musicians, in addition to their civic duties the London Waits may have given the first public concerts in England beginning in 1571. This brilliant album pays homage to their important role in London’s musical life around the turn of the 17th century.
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