Gambist Laura Jeppesen and theorbist Catherine Liddell revel in the nocturnal sounds of Marin Marais, mixing and matching movements from the composer’s different suites. What follows is a performance of alluring introspection and tenderness.
‘Marais at Midnight,’ Fit for a King Read More »
From the 17th century onward, choral music became the defining feature of the musical identity of Western Sephardic Jews.
Reflections on 400 Years of Sephardic Choral Music Read More »
The Orlando Consort, on the eve of their last-ever performance at the Boston Early Music Festival in June, have released Machaut in a breathtakingly beautiful new recording.
Machaut’s Remède de Fortune: Same Songs, Different Music Read More »
This path-breaking new book might be the definitive study of the technique, called ‘solmization,’ by which many 18th-c. musicians learned to read—and subsequently to perform, improvise and compose—melodic lines.
Ut, Re, Mi, Fa: A New Look at Learning in the 18th Century Read More »
‘Eros & Subtilitas,’ the latest from Tasto Solo, is as unmissable as their other recent releases. It centers around music by 16th-c. Italian composer Vicenzo Ruffo and the interplay between vocal and instrumental music.
‘Eros & Subtilitas’ in Dialogue from the Italian Renaissance Read More »
