Early Music/Baroque

Niels Swinkels - January 23, 2018

Elegant, understated playing in a cozy setting brings out the best in a program of Couperin, Marais, Balbastre, and Telemann.

Niels Swinkels - January 9, 2018

An absorbing medieval music concert refreshes and uplifts while not shorting the entertainment side of things.

Steven Winn - January 9, 2018

Soloists Nikolas Nackley and Tonia D’Amelio straddle the spiritual and the erotic in a charged performance of two cantatas.

Jason Victor Serinus - December 11, 2017

Gorgeous tones on period instruments meld beautifully with a strong chorus and powerful soloists.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - November 13, 2017

William Christie pairs Purcell with the pastorale Actéon.

Steven Winn - October 9, 2017

Strong soloists and Nicholas McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque gave their all in a flawed work.

Steven Winn - August 14, 2017

A.B.S. Academy participants show their stuff in an assured performance.

Nicholas Jones - July 27, 2017

Samuel Pepys’s diary provides the links for a program of music from 17th-century London.

Lou Fancher - May 2, 2017

The trio’s peerless musicianship and their unusual combination of cello, bass, and mandolin result in fresh interpretations of classic material.

Steven Winn - May 2, 2017

Decades of imagining and four years of “construction” culminate in a splendid production of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet.