On April 18th’s Musica Antiqua, Trevor Stephenson shared music from Madison Bach Musicians‘ (MBM) April 24 concert, A Baroque Tour: Masterpieces from 17th and 18th century Italy, Spain, England, France, and Germany. Trevor, MBM’s artistic director, will preview the concert with host Carol Moseson in the 10 o’clock hour of the show. You will hear […]
Anton TenWolde and Charlie Rasmussen on their new CD
On Sunday’s Musica Antiqua local cellists Anton TenWolde and Charlie Rasmussen will join host Alan Muirhead to talk about their new CD featuring duets by Tommaso Giordani. The show also will feature new and recent prize-winning CDs by Les Arts Florissants, New York Polyphony, and Christina Pluhar, plus new CDs from Blue Heron, from Chicago-based […]
Madison Early Music Festival on Musica Antiqua
This Sunday, July 5, Musica Antiqua host Sarah Brailey talks with Cheryl Bensman-Rowe and Paul Rowe, co-directors of the Madison Early Music Festival about how this year’s festival is adapting to the constraints brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. All in-person concerts, workshops, and lectures have been postponed to July 2021. Instead, supporters from all […]
Christa Patton on Monteverdi
Is Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea relevant to young performers and a modern audience? On Nov. 16, 18, & 20, UW Opera presents this masterpiece about the woman who schemed to become empress with Nero. Baroque opera specialist Christa Patton talked about the challenges in staging the opera with John W. Barker and Alan Muirhead on the […]
More Highlights from MEMF and BEMF
This Sunday Musica Antiqua continues its series on the Boston and Madison Early Music Festivals with 3 interviews and lots of music. First off we’ll hear Patrick Dunachie, the newest member of the King’s Singers, describing his role and what has kept that group going strong for 50 years. The King’s Singers sang at BEMF […]
Early Music At BEMF and MEMF
The London Times calls the Boston Early Music Festival “the world’s leading festival of early music.” This year’s week-long festival showcased 2 operas, 18 concerts, an exhibition, symposia, master classes and some 65 fringe concerts! On last Sunday’s June 25 edition of Musica Antiqua Alan Muirhead, freshly returned from Boston, played musical selections by many of the […]
