Concert: Voices of Music - Seicento - Italian Music of the 17th Century (10/25/2024) (Sherezade Panthaki)

Wonderful Voices of Music opening concert of 2024-2025 season.

Seicento - Italian Music of the 17th Century, featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki.

Early Roman trio sonatas (sinfonias) before Corelli by Colista, Lonati, and Stradella (Accademia per Musica/Ensemble Giardino di Delizie)

Early Roman trio sonatas (sinfonias) before Corelli by Colista, Lonati, and Stradella. Great earlier recording by Accademia per Musica and more recent ones by Ensemble Giardino di Delizie alike.

Concert: Rachel Barton Pine & Jory Vinikour (04/05/2024)

Rachel Barton Pine and Jory Vinikour present an all Bach concert.

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～～」

Concert: Le Consort - A Journey Through Baroque Europe (11/08/2023)

 

Fabulous concert from young French early music ensemble Le Consort.

Concert: Ensemble Mirable - Beyond Bach and Handel (09/30/2023)

Great SFEMS 2023-2024 season opening concert.
Ensemble Mirable. Beyond Bach and Handel: More Baroque Gems.

Quantz: Flute Quartets (Oleskiewicz/Field/Elyar/Vial/Schulenberg)

Johann Joachim Quantz (01.30.1697 – 07.12.1773) 250th death anniversary. Early flute quartets by Quantz, also probably my favorite works of his. (Oleskiewicz/Field/Elyar/Vial/Schulenberg)

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Flute Quartets op.12 and op.17 (Hazelzet + Fantasticus)(Ensemble la Francaise)

 

Flute Quartets by Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705 - 1770)

(雙冷～～)

「什麼雞跑最慢?」

「妮可Guillemain(雞慢)」

Nicolas Hotman: Works for viol and theorbo + drinking songs (Watillon/Monteilhet)

Music by Nicolas Hotman (c1610 - 1663), works for viol, theorbo, and ...... drinking songs!

Guy walks into classical music record store.

“Can I help you with something, sir?”

“Yes, I’m looking for a Hotman.”

“Um, this is a music store, which is hardly the place for that. I’m not passing any judgment, so feel free to look around.”

“Nick?”

“No, I’m Jeff.”

“No, I meant Hotman’s first name. Nicolas”

“Ugh, okay. So, did you find him?”

“That’s what I’m asking your help for!”

“Sir, that’s really none of my business.”

“Actually, it kind of is. You work here don’t you?“”

“Sir, I’m asking you to leave now…”

Concert: Archetti & Dance Through Time (03/03/2023)

 

Archetti Baroque Strings & Dance Through Time. Baroque dance music with actual dancers.

Quicksilver: Early Moderns - The (very) First Viennese School.

Quicksilver

Early Moderns - The (very) First Viennese School.

Concert: The Aulos Ensemble + Julianne Baird (12/5/2021)

Concert: The Paris Quartet - The Great Trios and Beyond (10/22/2021)

Albinoni: Op.2 Sinfonie e Concerti (1700) (Insieme Strumentale di Roma)(Ensemble 415)

 

Happy 350th birth anniversary Albinoni (1671-1751), famous today for something he didn't actually write. For something he did write, his op.2 Sinfonie e Concerti (1700) marks the end of his early discovery phase.

「你玩這個很無聊耶～～」
「Albinoni(阿，比弄你)的有趣多了～～」

W.F. Bach: Chamber Music (Ricercar Consort)

W.F. Bach (not quite so complete) chamber music.

Pietro Gnocchi: Sonate a Tre (Brixi Musicalis)

 

Pietro Gnocchi (yes, that's his actual name) (1689-1775): Sonate a Tre

Gnocchi(義大利麵疙瘩)好好吃，這位作曲家Gnocchi寫的音樂也好好聽～～

Mancini: Recorder Sonatas (Yi-Chang Liang/IJ Space)

 

Present arrived, fresh from Taiwan! Mancini recorder sonatas, beautifully played by Yi-Chang Liang and IJ SPACE

「球打Mancini(滿氣，你)就可以拿去玩了～～」

Anna Bon di Venezia: Flute Sonatas/Flute Trios/Vocal Music

 

 

Music (flute sonatas, flute trios, etc) by Anna Bon di Venezia (1740 - after 1770)

「我要出門買東西，你需要什麼嗎？」
「Anna Bon(啊，那幫)我帶一杯珍奶回來好了～～」