By John von RheinClassical music critic What makes Chicago a world-class center of classical music performance? It’s not just because we have established institutions operating at high artistic levels. Part of the reason lies with the fact that the many smaller groups orbiting around the big boys do quality work in their own right, complementing [...]
Archive | January, 2011
Music Fit for a King
by Kristina Powers Until the last decade or so, becoming involved in the historically-informed performance practice (HIPP) movement – which involves performing on instruments of a composer’s historical period – was not so “hip.” Although the movement had its beginnings in the early 20th century, it was often scoffed as an inferior musical niche for [...]
Michael Kaiser and in the studio with Whitney
This week I shall be attending a talk in Chicago by one of my mentors, Michael Kaiser. Mr. Kaiser is the President of the J. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and he is one of the world’s great arts leaders. I was very honored and lucky to have had a [...]
In the recording studio
This week is going to be fun – busy, but fun! I will spend several evenings with Baroque Band at Nichols Concert Hall at the Music Institute in Evanston, where we will be recording our second disc for Cedille Records – the complete Overtures by English composer Maurice Greene (1696-1755). We were delighted to find [...]
Charlie’s Angels Hyde Park Herald Review
By M.L. RANTALA Classical Music Critic Baroque Band has cleverly put the umbrella of “Angels and Demons” over its 2010–11 season. Last Thursday’s concert in Hyde Park was titled “Charlie’s Angels — Music from the Court of Charles II.” The program cover even had three blacked-out musicians huddled together, a fun spoof of the graphic [...]
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