Bach is the deepest, most inspiring, most positive and uplifting composer I know. The energy of this music seems to be a perfect antidote to the anxiety of this present time. I make my living by performing live concerts. And, needless to say, all concerts have been cancelled or postponed until after the current COVID-19 […]
J.S. Bach: Prelude from Suite in E major BWV 1006a Read More »
This is my favorite Ockeghem song of all time and making this album with Blue Heron was such a special experience. I couldn’t be more proud of this recording. I have lost close to eight thousand dollars worth of performances over the next 3 months, and I am just so sad. I feel like performance
Ockeghem: Aultre Venus estes sans faille Read More »
The album “The Lion’s Ear” which contains this track is a tribute to Pope Leo X (Giovanni de’ Medici, 1475-1521), a rare and extraordinary patron of music as well as himself a composer and musician. It is also the outcome of La Morra’s collaboration with Anthony M. Cummings, eminent scholar of Renaissance music, author of
Isaac: Fortuna disperata / Sancte Petre Read More »
In his essay for Early Music America, Christopher Macklin notes that he has been “most struck by the importance of music and its power to define and maintain those capillaries of nourishing connection, far more than I have by any dirges or fears of collapse.”
A Historically Informed Approach To Music In Times Of Pandemic Read More »
I loved recording this piece and this album – Restless Heart – making music with others is such a privilege, and one of the saddest things about the pandemic is that, at least for now, we have to play alone. I have lost three concerts, four full-day recorder workshops, and thousands of dollars of income
Schop: Lachrimae Pavan Read More »
