Concert: Philharmonia Baroque - Pearls of Sorrow (03/13/2026)

Pearls of Sorrow. Philharmonia Baroque concert featuring guest conductor Christine Brandes and countertenor Reginald Mobley with an interesting program of mainly German mid-Baroque sacred music and African-American spirituals. An evening of beautiful singing by Mobley.

Johann Philipp Krieger 300th Death Anniversary

 

Johann Philipp Krieger (02.27.1649－02.07.1725) 300th death anniversary.

「他超愛吃梨子，真的是個Krieger(嗑梨哥)！」

Georg Caspar Schuermann: Opera music and cantatas.

Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/73－1751) opera music and cantatas. 

"Hey, I might need a favor...."

"Schürmann (sure, man), anything for you!"

Christmas at St. Thomas in Leipzig (Johann Rosenmueller Ensemble/L'Arpa Festante/La Petite Bande/Musica Fiorita)

Part of this past holiday road trip's driving music. Christmas music written by the St. Thomas Cantors of Leipzig can be enjoyed anytime. Deserving of special mention: arguably one of the best Christmas Oratorio recordings committed to disc.

Telemann: Christmas Cantatas (Il Fondamento/Dombrecht)

 

Happy holidays. Beautiful festive Christmas Baroque music from someone not named J.S. Bach or Handel.

Telemann, partnering with hymnologist Erdmann Neumeister, were influential in shaping the German sacred cantata in the early 18th century. It was to have a profound effect on the likes of J.S. Bach, Fasch, Graupner, etc in their own compositions to come.

今年聖誕佳節聽的相關節慶音樂走德國路線。

Johann Theile 300th death anniversary. Sacred and secular vocal works, and instrumental music (Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Hamburger Ratsmusik/Les Amis de Philippe)

Johann Theile (07.29.1646 – 06.24.1724) 300th death anniversary. Sacred and secular vocal works, and instrumental music (Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Hamburger Ratsmusik/Les Amis de Philippe)

「雖然是外國人，但他在台灣住了二十幾年，已經超Theile(台了)好嗎～～」

Matthias Weckmann 350th death anniversary. Part 3

Musings on other recommended Weckmann albums.

Matthias Weckmann 350th death anniversary. Part 2

Ricercar's set of Weckmann's largely complete works. 

Matthias Weckmann 350th death anniversary. Part 1

Matthias Weckmann (c.1616 – 02.24.1674) 350th death anniversary. One who's music is dear to my heart.

「Weckmann(喂！可慢) 一點嗎？！你走太快，我有點跟不上～～」

Johann Schelle 375th birth anniversary. Sacred concertos and cantatas (The King's Consort / La Capella Ducale + Musica Fiata / Kolner Akademie)

 

Johann Schelle (09.06.1648 - 03.10.1701) 375th birth anniversary. Sacred concertos and cantatas. (The King's Consort / La Capella Ducale + Musica Fiata / Kolner Akademie)

「真是太棒了，先Schelle(謝了)！」

Dietrich Becker: Sacred Concertos & Sonatas (Hamburger Ratsmusik / Simone Eckert)

 

「走，去海邊撿Becker(貝殼)！」

Dietrich Becker 400th (maybe?) birth anniversary. Sacred Concertos & Sonatas. Hamburger Ratsmusik / Simone Eckert.

Rare Baroque cantatas from Gdańsk (Goldberg Baroque Ensemble/Andrzej Szadjeko)

Memorial Day Weekend Long Weekend Music. Rare Baroque cantatas from Gdańsk (Goldberg Baroque Ensemble/Andrzej Szadjeko).

雖然自己沒有宗教信仰，但手邊巴洛克宗教音樂的錄音數量被一位樂友調侃說可以直接開音樂神壇了 @@ ~~~

The Bach Dynasty (Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin)

The Bach Dynasty by Akamus (Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin)

Zachow: Cantatas (Cantus Thuringia/Capella Thuringia/Bernhard Klapprott)

 

Music for Easter: Zachow Easter Cantata (Cantus Thuringia/Capella Thuringia/Bernhard Klapprott)

 

「下一堂課開始前，記得將黑板Zachow(擦好)。」(重用老梗)

 

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach: Cantatas & Sinfonia (Rheinische Kantorei/Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max)

 

 

Music by Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759-1845), only musical grandson of J.S. Bach.

W.F. Bach: Cantatas (Rheinische Kantorei/Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max)

Gottfried Stoelzel: Christmas Oratorio (Handel's Company/Kammerchor der Marien-Kantorei Lemgo/Rainer Johannes Homburg)

German 17th Century Church Music (Robin Blaze / Parley of Instruments)

Zachow: Christmas Cantatas (Accademia Amsterdam / Capella Frisiae)