Baritone Thomas Meglioranza and pianist Reiko Uchida made their recording in Oberlin Conservatory’s Clonick Hall, where they had access to an 1829 Viennese fortepiano built by Anton Zierer only six years after the ink was dry on Schubert’s manuscript.
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Boston University’s Center for Early Music Studies (CEMS) seeks to make connections with a conference, “Atlantic Crossings: Music from 1492 through the Long Eighteenth Century,” which will be held June 7 and 8.
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Frescobaldi and Fantini left a few clues as to how one might approach their works, although those details are still hotly contested.
Acoustics in the Age of Frescobaldi and Fantini Read More »
The Ricercar Consort performs the cycle of seven Buxtehude cantatas collectively called ‘Membra Jesu nostri,’ which was dedicated to Gustav Düben, an organist, composer, and director of music to the King of Sweden, in 1680.
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The universal interest in St. Thomas School and its famous choir derives from the fact that J.S. Bach was in charge of it from 1723 to 1750, yet Michael Maul’s treatment of the school makes clear that the most glorious days of the choir (as opposed to its repertory) were not under Bach.
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