Early Music Today Magazine March - May 2015 Vorige editie

Italian conductor Fabio Bonizzoni talks finance and ethics in music; countertenor Franco Fagioli discusses his appreciation for the teacher of the great castrati Nicola Porpora; and we examine the fashion for staging baroque oratorios. Plus, Lucie Skeaping on how ‘early’ is becoming ‘ancient’ in the Early Music Show’s upcoming schedule; Oliver Webber, director of the Monteverdi String Band, provides an introduction to playing the early baroque violin; Leah Stuttard uncovers the world of house concerts; the Handel and Haydn Society; Trio Mediaeval on their new ‘Aquilonis’ recording; the forthcoming London Handel Festival and Boston Early Music Festival; up-and-coming tenor Rupert Charlesworth; early dance; and your chance to win Carole Cerasi on CD!