Get into the Christmas spirit with seasonal instrumental favourites in the gorgeous candlelit atmosphere of our region’s beautiful churches. Programme includes Corelli’s Christmas Concerto , Albinoni’s Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor and Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons. Royal Northern Sinfonia Thursday 1 December St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington…
The pipe organ was among the first of the keyboard instruments during the Baroque period. It produces notes by allowing air to flow through reeds called pipes, causing a somewhat tooty sound. Organs were very popular in church music, and was often viewed as an instrument of praise. Baroque composers, however, took the instrument very seriously and professional musicians…
Here s an extract from The Cambridge Music Guide which appears to credit the Baroque era with introducing more dynamic range than existed in previous renaissance music: One of the most important creations of the Baroque was the concept of contrast. Renaissance music is typified by its flowing, interweaving lines, most commonly four or five in number, each of them…
Sundays at 8am: Sunday Baroque , hosted by Suzanne Bona is a celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Some of the greatest hits of the baroque include Antonio Vivaldi s Four Seasons Concertos, George Frideric Handel s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music Suites, and Johann Sebastian Bach s…
The history of Seattle Festival Orchestra goes back nearly 50 years into Seattle’s past. The former dean of the UW School of Music, the legendary Dr. Stanley Chapple, founded Musician’s Emeritus Symphony Orchestra in 1977 at the mayor of Seattle’s request. As a post-retirement project for himself, Dr. Chapple established the orchestra originally to create an orchestra…
By Bobby Olivier | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com We survived the endless rains of March and April. We survived the infuriating shore traffic of Memorial Day Weekend. We made it, you guys — we made it to summer concert season! There are a ton of huge tours coming to New Jersey this summer, from classic rock and old-school acts to the hottest pop stars, festivals and…
Concerts and Recitals Night Baroque Music of Poland s Golden Age Chant21 singers & players invites you to an exceptional concert premiering splendid vocal instrumental music of the early baroque era in Poland. Under the direction of one of the Ireland’s leading tenors Jacek Wislocki, and the artistic management of early music specialist and lutenist Jerzy…
From Hylton, J.B. (1995) Comprehensive Choral Music Education Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 171-176. THE BAROQUE PERIOD (1600-1750) The transition from Renaissance to Baroque musical style began in the late sixteenth century. The polychoral motets of the Venetian school, with two or more independent choirs juxtaposed to exploit the resulting contrast…
Pacific Baroque Orchestra - A Review A review by Rosemary Phillips Originally published in the Grand Forks Gazette, October 2001 It was like being wrapped in a warm soft blanket of comfort as the Pacific Baroque Orchestra took the audience back three hundreds years to the pure, smooth, rich sounds of period instruments. Pacific Baroque Orchestra We have much less…
The Baroque period took place in Europe between 1600 and 1750, forming a bridge between the Renaissance and Classical periods. Baroque instruments were generally the same ones used during the Renaissance, although many experienced improvements through technological and mechanical innovations. The Baroque period saw the development of the violin family, which replaced…
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras COPYRIGHT 2005 The Gale Group, Inc. A Music For Professionals. For much of the Baroque period keyboard instruments like the organ and harpsichord were the preserve of professional musicians. Organs and harpsichords were expensive instruments that were not readily available to many amateurs. The organ was, by and large, an instrument…
The Baroque Ensemble performs Baroque chamber music for instruments and solo voices. The 30 to 40 members of this ensemble work in individual groups of 3 to 6 musicians for a full semester, focusing on style, ornamentation, interpretation, and ensemble technique. Closely linked to the Recorder Ensemble, and sharing performances and personnel with that group, the Baroque…
Georg Friederich Hndel was born in 1685, a vintage year indeed for baroque composers, in Halle on the Saale river in Thuringia, Germany on February 23rd. From Germany to England via Italy. Though his father had intended him for the law, Handel s own musical inclinations seem always to have been clear to him. At the age of 18, in 1703, he traveled to Hamburg, where…
After printing, the next significant influence on music performance was the gradual emergence of the , for the relationship between participants in the musical experience—between performer and listener—became polarized. The first evidence for this shift was the rise of the professional vocal virtuoso about the last quarter of the 16th century, and this development…
