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2021-03-29 11:19:00
Super-excellent Gabrieli and RVW on viols: National Centre for Early Music's Awaken festival
Title page of Coryat's Crudities, 1611. Awaken - RVW, Johann Christoph Bach, Gabrieli; Iestyn Davies, Fretwork, I Fagiolini, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth; National Centre for Early Music Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 28 March 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) From RVW on viols combined with North German 17th century composers to Gabrieli writ large, NCEM's Awaken festivalLast weekend (27 and 28 March 2020) the National Centre for Early Music in York presented Awaken: Music Online for Spring with a variety of concerts from historic venues across York. We caught two of the events, on Saturday counter-tenor Iestyn Davies joined Fretwork for a programme of music by Schein, Scheidt, Johann Christoph Bach, Franz Tunder, Christian Geist and RVW. Then on Sunday evening, Robert Hollingworth conducted I Fagiolini, the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and former members of the The 24 in Super-excellent a programme […]
2021-02-26 07:44:48
An engaging surprise: written for the Portuguese court, Pedro Antonio Avondano's 'Il mondo della luna' receives its first recording
[…] then reflect that perhaps the size reflects the court theatre. The booklet includes articles on the background to the opera along with Magalhães explanations of their performing method. There is a detailed synopsis but no libretto, though you can download the Italian text from Naxos' website. It was Marcos Magalhães' research into Portuguese Baroque repertoire and Neapolitan operas found in Portuguese libraries that led him to found Os Músicos do Tejo in 2005 with Marta Araújo. (Magalhães and Araújo share harpsichord duties on this disc). The opera itself is quite a surprise, both in terms of its remarkably up-to-date style and of the confident handling of the drama; you feel that this would work well in the theatre with Avondano's music happily reflecting Goldoni's mad-cap plot. This delightful disc is a lively window into the operatic life at the Portuguese court, valuable reminder that musical life away from the […]
2018-10-13 05:02:00
Classical Music News of the Week, October 13, 2018
Nigel North at the House of the Redeemer Opens Tenth Salon/Sanctuary SeasonSalon/Sanctuary opens its tenth season with two concerts in the exquisite 17th-century library of the House of the Redeemer. We look forward to seeing you at these paired events, which celebrate Francesco da Milano and Giulio Caccini, (called Il Romano), one composer who concluded the Renaissance and another who ignited the baroque. A Decoration of Silence The lute music of "il Divino" Francesco Canova da Milano (1497 – 1543) Set in the 17th-century library of the House of the Redeemer, this recital by one of the world's leading lutenists transports the 21st century listener into a historical world of sensual delight. Monday, November 5th, 8:00pm The Library of the House of the Redeemer 7 East 95th Street, New York City Tickets and information: ici Il Romano A Concert for Caccini (1551 – 1618) Riccardo Pisani, tenor, […]
2017-12-31 14:35:55
Maria Araujo, vice president of education and community engagement with the San Diego Symphony Maria Araujo has been vice president of education and community engagement with the San Diego Symphony since early October. Originally from Venezuela, Araujo most recently was a teacher at the Miami Music Project.
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