A classically trained singer and an electric guitarist reimagine 17th-century songs by Monteverdi, Purcell and more in singer-songwriter style.
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Music Review: Voyage Sonique at the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs (Brooklyn, 24 June 2019)
The Angel's Share live music series has been drawing adventurous listeners to the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs for a couple of seasons now. It's no freak show.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Voyage Sonique Violinist Augusta McKay Lodge on Performing in the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs
The award-winning musician discusses her career and upcoming concerts in the Catacombs: "This will go at the top of my unusual venues list, that's certain."
Read More »Concerts in the Catacombs: Andrew Ousley on His Green-Wood Cemetery Chamber Music Series
"I believe strongly that what my generation expects out of the concert experience is something very different from what Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall offer."
Read More »Concert Review: Four Nations Ensemble – ‘Music of the Grand Tour’ (NYC, 30 May 2019)
The Four Nations Ensemble vividly evoked in music the 18th century "Grand Tour" tradition with music of Vivaldi, Corelli, Pergolesi and more.
Read More »Concert-Dance-Drama Review (NYC): ‘Lucretia’ by Cantata Profana
Cantata Profana explores via collage the story of a rape that, according to legend, triggered the fall of the monarchy in ancient Rome.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): A ‘La Susanna’ for the #MeToo Era at BAM
Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette have devised a superb staged production of the baroque oratorio 'La Susana,' retelling a biblical story of sexual harassment with love, humor, seductive grace, and wonderful music.
Read More »Concert Review: Les Délices Finds the Links Between Baroque and Jazz (NYC, 23 Feb 2019)
The early music group illuminated the consonances between jazz and baroque music and had a good deal of fun doing it.
Read More »Concert Review: Boreas Quartett Bremen and Han Tol – ‘Il flauto magico’ (NYC, 27 January 2019)
The concert featured a closetful of varied recorders, most copied from original instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Read More »Music Review: Stile Antico – ‘In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile’
The latest album from the celebrated English early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico, 'In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile,' is a beautiful sequence with works by John Dowland, William Byrd, and their contemporaries – and a decidedly melancholy affair.
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