(Photo Credit: Dagens Nyhter/Mattias Ahlm) On February 4, I had the pleasure of seeing Igor Stravinsky’s, “The Rake’s Progress,” for the first time. Having only read about the opera, I hadn’t come to realize how satirical Stravinsky could really be. Shostakovich and Prokofiev have been my references for the identity of Russian musical satire. Leading the Swedish Chamber Orchestra was {…}
Vache Baroque has announced a trio of concerts to commemorate Salomone Rossi as part of their ROSSI 400 project. “Rossi was a highly-regarded Jewish violinist and composer working alongside Claudio Monteverdi in Mantua,” said Vache Baroque Artistic Director Jonathan Darbourne in an official press statement. “Not only was he the first to compose contemporary-styled pieces to Hebrew texts, he also {…}
Credit: Hannah Lovell London’s Vache Baroque has announced the “ROSSI 400” Project that celebrates the music of Jewish-Italian composer Salomone Rossi, marking 400 years since the composer published “Song of Solomon.” The project comprises two music videos featuring a madrigal by Rossi, and another by Thomas Weelkes, a champion of Rossi’s music. The madrigal texts have been given contemporary scenarios {…}
