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NewsRachel Podger named ambassador of Early Music Day 2020
The Baroque violinist expresses her wish ‘that music will continue to heal divisions’
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VideoQuicksilver Baroque: Fux Sonata a Quattro, K. 347
The US-based early music ensemble Quicksilver Baroque performs a Sonata a Quattro (four parts plus continuo) by Johann Joseph Fux. Fux, who died 278 years ago today, is best known today for his treatise on counterpoint, the Gradus ad Parnassum, which the likes of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven all ...
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NewsEarly music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt announces retirement
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the founders of the early music movement in the 1950s, has announced his retirement. The conductor, who founded the period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien in 1953, made the announcement on 5 December, the day before his 86th birthday, in a handwritten letter published ...
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NewsSollazzo Ensemble wins York Early Music International Young Artists Competition
The ensemble receives a cash prize, performing opportunities and a CD recording