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(US) La Guitarre Royalle -- Les Délices Ensemble (2011 February 12-13)
(NL) Simon Polak - Words on the The Ehrenfeld Early Flute Collection
(US) Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) (2011 Oct 27-30) -- Call for Papers
(US) Early Brass Festival (27th annual) -- Call for Papers (2010 August 5-7)
(US) The Tudor Choir Highlighted by Harmonia Early Music (2010 Oct.)
(FR) Revue Muse Baroque Online Library
Let us stop a moment to discover the precepts of Couperin through a footnote on page in a scholarly work today and listen to the voice that we imagine shy, almost hesitant, from one of French harpsichordists’ greatest. Let us stop bickering about the size of the chorus of Bach's cantatas in Leipzig and take a look at the key document that the passions unleashed and allows all the assumptions ...
(US) AMS (American Musicological Society) 2010 Awards
(US) Philip Brett Award 2010
(US) Aulos Ensemble Transports Listeners to 18th-Century France -- Review by By Thomas Busse (2010 Dec.)
(CH) Arounder Website -- 360 degree View of Your Destination
(DE) New Items Published by TREE Edition (Music for Lute)
New for Baroque Lute
“Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner (1676 - 1754): Collected Works for Solo Lute” edited by Douglas Towne
This edition contains eight complete suites/concerts as well as fourteen single pieces for Baroque Lute, collected from libraries from all over Europe and overseas countries. The tablature has been set anew completely to present the pieces in an easy to read manner. Contains also an essay on Laufensteiners life (in german) by Michael Treder. 125 pages / French Tablature / Baroque tuning Euro 40.-
(US) Extraordinary Women From an Extraordinary Era (Magnificat) -- By Marianne Lipanovich (Concert: 2011 Feb 4,5,6)
(FR) St. Matthew Passion -- J.S. Bach (2011, March 23; April 2,3) -- Orchestre Les Passions
Orchestre LES PASSIONS
Isabelle Poulenard, soprano. Guillemette Laurens, alto.
Vincent Lièvre-Picard, tenor (Evangelist). Arnaud Richard, bass (Pilate).
Jean-François Rouchon, bass (Jesus). Antonio Guirao, bass (Peter,Judas)
chorus : ARCHIPELS (Joël Suhubiette) - A CONTRETEMPS (Guy Zanesi)
ARPEGE (J. Charpentier) – Maîtrise du CONSERVATOIRE de Toulouse (M. Opstad)
Musical Direction Jean-Marc Andrieu
Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse (2011, March 23; April 3)
Palais des Sports, Bordeaux (2011, April 2)
(US) Handel's Messiah - A Conversation with Jeffrey Thomas (YouTube)
American Bach Soloists Music Director, Jeffrey Thomas, speaks about their annual performances of Handel's Messiah, one of the greatest oratorios of all time, in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral. Baritone Jesse Blumberg and the American Bach Choir are featured in performance clips.
(UK) "The Sacred Dance" (DanceBooks.co.uk)
Author: Oesterley, W O E
Published: 1923, 2010
This work surveys a wide spread of old rites, practised during initiations, puberty, marriages, burials, and other major events of life. Relying on ornamental artwork on pottery and on ancient inscriptions and literature, the author examines, among other topics, Old Testament terms for 'dancing,' and forms of musical accompaniment in the time of the Hebrews; the sacred processional dance, performed by Hittites, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and other peoples; the ritual dance around sacred objects; and sacred dances performed during harvests and other festivals.
(US) Top Ten Discoveries of 2010 from Harmonia Early Music
(US) Arcimboldo's Feast for the Eyes -- Smithsonian Magazine
(Although not directly music related, this article may be of interest to some -- ed.)
The job of a renaissance court portraitist was to produce likenesses of his sovereigns to display at the palace and give to foreign dignitaries or prospective brides.
(FR) "De Paris à Versailles". Charpentier, Marais, Couperin -- Les Passions Orchestre Baroque (2011 January 22)
Église du Bouclier – Strasbourg
With Italian influence and in defense of the French style, these three composers entertained contrasting rapports with the Court at Versailles. The delicacy and richness of music by Charpentier regularly attracted Louis XIV in Paris, while Marin Marais, Lully's successor, enjoyed the grace of the King in the splendor of the Court. Couperin, meanwhile, sailed incessantly from Paris to Versailles and was able to skillfully combine French and Italian styles by the subtle and learned style of his writing.
(US) Johann Adolph Hasse: Antonio e Cleopatra - Review by Dr. Brian D. Stewart (Opera Today)
(US) Worth a Reprise at Age 401 -- Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 -- Review by Steve Smith (New York Times)
(US) GEMS Gala Showcase -- (Jan. 9, 2011)
Come to a gala showcase featuring 7 of the finest world-class early music ensembles, produced by GEMS Live! and Nancy Carlin Associates.
(US) Mozart at Salzburg Festival: Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte - Review by Chris Mullins (Opera Today)
(UK) Handel's Operas Workshop
(UK) Ten Years of Handel House
(UK) Dance Books retail closing sale
As many of you know, I've been in indifferent health for the last couple of years, and my doctors are now insisting that I must take life more easily. So, with enormous regret, I am closing the retail part of Dance Books and in future shall run the company solely as publishers. I have tried to find a buyer for the retail part of the company, but so far without success, so if there are any eccentric millionaires out there who've always dreamt of running an online dance bookselling company, do feel free to get in touch.
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