Strong Opinions... Caccini definitely had them! And perhaps we give him more credit than he deserves... Learn more in this fantastic video from Early Music Sources!
Banbury Ale Preview!
What are you doing Wednesday evening? Check out the preview video below and then join Seven Times Salt, Matthew Leese, and I for a romp through 17th-century drinking songs, presented by SoHIP Boston: Society for Historically Informed Performance. Pickpockets, vices, creepy suitors - Early Music isn't all stuffy and serious!
Queen Christina of Sweden
A woman who defied social and cultural norms, gave up the religion of her family and her people, abdicated her throne, moved to Rome (one of only three women buried in the Vatican), and became a patron of philosophers, mathematicians, artists, and musicians (including Stradella, Pasquini, Carissimi, and Corelli).
Meet Queen Christina of Sweden!
The Cramer Quartet on SoHIP's 2021 Summer Concert Series
Check out this phenomenal performance of the music of Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Hyacinthe Jadin from my friends in the Cramer Quartet presented by SoHIP!
Schütz' Rorate Caeli
The text of Rorate caeli is usually associated with the liturgical season of Advent, but this setting by Schütz seemed fitting given all the rain we've had in the Northeast this past week!
Miserere mei - L'Héritier
Many people know the "Miserere mei" settings of Allegri and Byrd, but how about this gorgeous setting by Jean L'Héritier?
Monteverdi mass for four voices
Remember the video on "stretto fuga" from June 14 (how much can a composer do with two intervals)? Here's an entire mass Monteverdi wrote using that idea!
African Diaspora Music Project
Planning concerts, programming a recital, or just want to explore rep beyond the usual "dead white European men" category? Check out (and use!) this incredible resource including music from ~1700-present!
Stretto fuga - a masterpiece of two intervals
How much can you really do with two intervals? If you were a Renaissance composer, quite a bit! Early Music Sources explains the stretto fuga with some fantastic examples from Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610!
Membra Jesu Nostri
Bach didn't exist in a vacuum - check out this fantastic performance of Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri from some friends/colleagues in DC!