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Madrigals of Northern Italy
Come and experience enchanting music with the “Madrigals of Northern Italy” concert. This mesmerizing performance promises to take you on a journey through the timeless
Carlo Gesualdo: Composer or Crazed Psychopath?
Article from The Guardian originally published 18 Mar 2010 (https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2010/mar/18/carlo-gesualdo-composer-psychopath) Carol Gesualdo. He’s the Italian composer-prince who murdered his wife and her lover, was into
What is the Reformation and Why is it so Important to Sacred Music?
from The Concise Guide to Western Music, Barbara Russano Hanning (Professor of Music, The City College and Graduate Center, CUNY) The Reformation began as a
The Vespers
In 1610 Monteverdi published one of his finest works, the Vespers, comprising a Mass, 2 Magnificats, 11 “motets,” and an orchestral sonata. In it he
New Carissimi Eight Motets CD!
Our latest CD! Giacomo Carissimi was one of the most admired of seventeenth-century Italian composers. The maestro from Marino, near Rome, acquired a Europe-wide fame
Commedia dell’arte and Early Opera
by Jon Cranny – stage director for Il Tirinto As with much of western culture, it started with the Greeks – comic drama, commedia. But
Season XV Concerts
I Season Opener: John Dowland, Don Carlo Gesualdo & Anne Bradstreet
OCTOBER 15-16 2022
CANCELLED: III Oratorio for Holy Week: Luigi Rossi
MARCH 24-26 2023
II Epiphany 2023: Antonio Vivaldi & Isabella Leonarda
JANUARY 7-8 2023
ROCHESTER & MINNEAPOLIS