We’ll hear how composers have reused their own tunes and ideas, and what ideas they’ve borrowed from others. Plus, we’ll hear several instances of contrafacta.
Wendy Gillespie brings us part 3 of a tribute to the NYPMA. Plus, we'll explore music with words by famous poets and feature a Capella de Ministrers' CD.
Let’s take a quick look back in time…we rolled the dice and it added up to 1638.
Brahms? On period instruments? Is that early music?
Let’s take a quick look back in time…to the year 1619. In music news, the year 1619 saw several publications from renowned composers.
The first British colony in the US, the oldest church in the Philippines, and a cutting-edge opera – 1607… a year of news and a year to remember.
Piffaro debuts the recording "Waytes," Instrumenta Musica performs 17th-century Venetian wind music, and Florilegium explores the Bolivian Baroque.
The beginning of an exploration of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s commissions inspired by the Brandenburg Concertos of J.S. Bach.
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Claudio Monteverdi’s “Marian Vespers” of 1610.
Depictions of Cupid in baroque music from France, Italy, England, and Latin America.