Concert: Concerto Koln + Shunske Sato + Max Volbers (03/14/2026)

SFEMS presents Concerto Köln. Shunske Sato & Max Volbers. Attending Concerto Köln concert again after 14 years. Finally seeing Shunske Sato live for the first time. Last but not least, the brilliant young recorder/harpsichord player Max Volbers.

Giacomo Facco 350th Birth Anniversary. Pensieri Adriarmonici. Amor es todo imbención: Júpiter y Amphitrión.

Giacomo Facco (02.04.1676 – 02.16.1753) 350th birth anniversary. 

Pensieri Adriarmonici. 

Amor es todo imbención: Júpiter y Amphitrión.

Concert: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra + Rachel Podger - Brilliant Baroque (11/06/2025)

Tafelmusik - Brilliant Baroque.

Rachel Podger guest conducting Tafelmusik. Finally hearing Tafelmusik live for the first time, and seeing Podger again after 10 years.

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra + Maya Kherani + Vaclav Luks - Fury and Heartbreak (10/10/2025)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 2025-2026 season first concert. Fury and Heartbreak. Featuring guest conductor Vaclav Luks and soprano Maya Kherani.

Concert: Les Arts Florissants - Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at 300 (03/19/2025)

Lively performances of Vivaldi's 4 Seasons by Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Les Arts Florissants.

Concert: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) with soprano Julia Bullock (01/19/2025)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) with soprano Julia Bullock.

The Golden Age of the Baroque

William Babell 300th year death anniversary. Oboe sonatas and recorder concertos. (Concert Royal Köln/Ensemble Odyssee)

William Babell (c1690 - 09.23.1723) 300th year death anniversary. Oboe sonatas and recorder concertos.

「泰山Babell(八寶)粥真是童年的回憶！」

Concert: Voices of Music - The Art of the Violin (03/26/2022)

 

Concert: Ensemble Jupiter (03/03/2022)

Pulcinella's Original Sources (Gallo/Wassenaer/Monza)

 

"Can I entertain you with some music by Gallo, Wassenaer, or Monza?"

"Who?"

"The true sources behind Stravinsky's Pulcinella."

"Oh!!" 

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～～」

Barsanti: Concerti Grossi Op.3 (Ensemble Marsyas)(Auser Musici)

 

Barsanti: Concerti Grossi Op.3 (Ensemble Marsyas)(Auser Musici)

(and other personal musings on Barsanti)

 

「你Barsanti(爸身體)好硬朗呀，完全看不出來如此高齡耶！」

A Telemann Companion (Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs)

 

A Telemann Companion

More like, all previous Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Akamus) recordings of Telemann on Harmonia Mundi, with a serious math typo!

Jacques-Christophe Naudot: Flute Concertos (Capella Savaria/Pal Nemeth)

 

Flute concertos by Jacques-Christophe Naudot (c.1690 – 25 November 1762)

「多吃Naudot(納豆)，有益身心健康～～」

Graupner: Music for Chalumeaux (Mensa Sonora/Jean Maillet + Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor)

 

Music for chalumeaux by Graupner. Just thinking of Graupner brings back memories of the summer I spent at Darmstadt (court where Graupner worked at for the majority of his life).

「東西就在面前都沒看到，你是chalumeau(瞎了嗎)??!!」

Concert: Voices of Music - The Harmonic Labyrinth (Christopher Lowrey) (12/19/2019)

Concert: Academy of Ancient Music - Rejoice! (12/13/2019)

Gregori and Stradella: Concerti Grossi (Capriccio Barockorchester Basel)

Giovanni Antonio Guido: The Four Seasons (The Band of Instruments)

Geminiani/Avison: Sonatas Op.1 (London Handel Players / The Avison Ensemble)