Headed back to Boston with this fantastic Praetorius ringing in my ears!
Factum est silentium
Happy feast of St. Michael! I'm celebrating in true Early Music Monday fashion with this piece by Richard Dering!
"There was silence in heaven when the dragon fought with the Archangel Michael"
Victoria Regina caeli
It's not Easter, but I came across this gorgeous "Regina caeli" setting, and can't wait to get more polyphony back in my life!
Emendemus in melius
Some days (all days?) just need gorgeous polyphony!
Christ lag in Todesbanden - Hammerschmidt
Courtesy of my friend and colleague Liza Malamut and Incantare, today's Early Music Monday is this gorgeous setting of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Andreas Hammerschmidt!
Bach Partita in E major, on marimba
I've always had complicated feelings about transcriptions, but came across this video yesterday, and it was exactly what this Monday needed.
L'amante Impazzito
I've spent the last two weeks exploring this fantastic piece by Simone Coya - basically a study in someone spiraling until they decide going mad is actually a viable option!
The Greensleeves Project
After last week’s exploration of historical fashions from “Greensleeves”, here’s the finished video (and recording)!
Der Geist hilft
For the last 5 years, every time I've been hired to sing this piece, the concert has been cancelled. I finally broke that streak this past weekend! So glad to have finally performed it!
Seven Times Salt
Today's post is a shoutout to Seven Times Salt's incredible "Courtiers and Costermongers" CD! If listening to that can keep a toddler calm through a stomach virus and an ER visit, then we definitely all need it (or one of their other fabulous recordings) in our lives!