Bach to Mendelssohn and Back: A Musician's Perspective of Performing Bach/Mendelssohn's St. Matthew Passion … fit in? It has taken most of a lifetime to simply come to terms with playing Bach’s music in a way that honors all …
A Conversation with Laura Colgate about WoCo Fest 2025 The music that will be celebrated at WoCo Fest 2025: Uplift is the work of gender-marginalized composers from the baroque era to newly-composed…
Battle of the Birthday Twins: Brahms VS Tchaikovsky, the Follow-Up … tough for me as well. I can relate to Brahms more both in terms of his musical language and what we know of his …
A Humble Proposal for Orchestral Celebrations of Fourth of July … works by composers who reflect our country’s diversity in terms of ethnicity and gender, including some who are still …
Bringing the String Trio Back to Life with the Vivaldi Project … determine how the others in the ensemble played theirs in terms of establishing the particular nuances of rhythm, …
The Shocking Truth Behind Handel's Messiah: A Tale of Three April 13ths … of concept: he had no idea what to expect in Dublin in terms of their musical resources, He even shipped his own …
New Voices and New Ideas with Washington National Opera's American Opera Initiative … Initiative operas different from previous eras’ operas in terms of expression, music and themes? Kelley Rourke: We’re …
A Guide to Verdi's Masterful Otello … Verdi's penultimate opera, and one of his most profound in terms of depth, weight and significance. When he began …
A Madrigal on Horseback is Four Centuries Old Editor's Note: You can enjoy Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda on WETA VivaLaVoce's Opera at 8 on February 24. This year marks…
Shall We Dance? Sharon Isbin Performs Karen LeFrak's Bailamos on NSO's Labor Day Concert … write it, I’ll play it.” Since I like best to think in terms of “melody,” I chose some pieces in my catalog and set …
