January 25 and 26, 2019 Affettuoso! Haydn at Eszterháza: the Opus 20 Quartets When an extra violinist appeared in a scheduling mix-up at Esterhazy Palace one day in the 1760s, court composer Franz Joseph Haydn did some quick rearranging and invented the string quartet, an...
January 25 and 26, 2019 Affettuoso! Haydn at Eszterháza: the Opus 20 Quartets When an extra violinist appeared in a scheduling mix-up at Esterhazy Palace one day in the 1760s, court composer Franz Joseph Haydn did some quick rearranging and invented the string quartet, an...
June 1 and 2, 2019: The Lascivious Low Road: Currying favor in Medieval France F.A.U.V.E.L: Flattery, avarice, vileness, variability, envy, laziness. These are the character traits of Fauvel, a medieval hybrid creature, part human, part equine. He is the incongruous “hero” of a late medieval...
June 1 and 2, 2019: The Lascivious Low Road: Currying favor in Medieval France F.A.U.V.E.L: Flattery, avarice, vileness, variability, envy, laziness. These are the character traits of Fauvel, a medieval hybrid creature, part human, part equine. He is the incongruous “hero” of a late medieval...
*VENUE CHANGE* We are saddened to announce that San Miguel Chapel will not be available to us for our October 31 performance in Santa Fe. This concert will be performed at the Collected Works Bookstore at 202 Galisteo St. Note that this is a much...
*VENUE CHANGE* We are saddened to announce that San Miguel Chapel will not be available to us for our October 31 performance in Santa Fe. This concert will be performed at the Collected Works Bookstore at 202 Galisteo St. Note that this is a much...
Bach 2 Bach: Duos for Violin and Harpsichord An intimate evening of duos by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, and Matthew Dirst, harpsichord. Friday, February 28, 7:30 pm; Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, Los Alamos Saturday, February 29, 7:30 pm; San Miguel...
Bach 2 Bach: Duos for Violin and Harpsichord An intimate evening of duos by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, and Matthew Dirst, harpsichord. Friday, February 28, 7:30 pm; Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, Los Alamos Saturday, February 29, 7:30 pm; San Miguel...
From the Heart: String music in 17th century Austria and Germany During the 17th century, beset by climate change, wars, famine, and pandemics, Austria and Germany were home to the flowering of the new stylus fantasticus, a free, virtuosic style of music. Its union with...
