REMA, the European Early Music Network, has launched a survey to learn how the global early-music sector has adapted and evolved in 2024, from finances to programming. Although most REMA members are in Europe, some are North American-based, and the survey is open to everyone in the field and responses are anonymous.
Take REMA/Early Music in Europe’s New Survey Read More »
The Butter Quartet, who met as students at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, released their debut recording with ‘Scintilla: Early Italian String Quartets.’ In buoyant, impeccable playing, they capture the galant spirit of music by Pugnani, Boccherini, Lombardini Sirmen, and Giardini. Excellent performances of attractive, varied repertoire.
The Butter Quartet, Spreading Love of the Galant Read More »
With a lively writing style, Katherine Butler Schofield’s ‘Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral, 1748-1858’ offers a deeply researched study of early Hindustani musical practices in courtly and colonial settings. The era is one of sociopolitical transition during the century of the powerful British East India Company’s conquest of India.
Courtly and Colonial Music in Mughal India Read More »
Canadian violinist Marie Nadeau-Tremblay plays with uncommon immediacy, spontaneity, and rhetorical ease. In her latest recording, the violinist and her outstanding partners obsess over music by Biber, Buxtehude, Guillemain, and Francoeur — all delivered in three full dimensions and with real Baroque fire.
The Obsessive Violinist Read More »
‘It takes bravery to come here.’ On a daily basis, air-raid sirens drive everyone into bomb shelters, fearful of the next Russian attack. Yet the second edition of the Kyiv Baroque Festival, in war-ravaged, resilient Ukraine, is scheduled for next month. ‘The national ensembles have been designated as “reserve.” The government has realized that performances are good for society and important for morale.’
Kyiv Baroque Festival, Symbol of Resistance Read More »
