Suzanne Bona

  Wow! Wait till you see and hear how talented these two young oboists are!  They are playing the first movement of Tomaso Albinoni’s Concerto for 2 oboes Op. 9 #3 in F major from a 2016 performance.       Tomaso Albinoni Concerto oboe – YouTube

  Confession: I’m a sucker for clever covers like the ones created by Bardcore. These are familiar pop tunes performed with ancient instruments, and they always put a smile on my face. This one — the Queen tune “We Will Rock You” — readily lends itself to this reworking, and (I think) sounds convincingly medieval.

I love seeing musicians finding ways to play together, even when they can’t be in the same room. Today’s Beautiful Music is provided by two marvelous instrumentalists — viola da gamba player Patricia Ann Neely and violinist Dongmyung Ahn — using technology to play a Sonata by Johann Rosenmuller. This is part of the Open

Padre Antonio Soler was an 18th century Spanish composer and priest  best known for his keyboard solos. The outstanding harpsichordist Dr. Joyce Chen is featured playing today’s Beautiful Music offering — the FANDANGO by Padre Antonio Soler, from a concert performance at Gore Recital Hall at The University of Delaware in Newark, DE. Padre Antonio

Today’s Beautiful Music is by George Frideric Handel — his German Aria Süßer Blumen Ambraflocken. The performance features Latvian soprano Aija Veismane, Chilean flutist Felipe Egaña, German cellist Barbara Hartrumpf, and Spanish harpsichordist Sara Huidobro Johnson. G F Händel German Aria Süßer Blumen Ambraflocken HWV204 – YouTube

I will never forget the first time I attended a concert by Canadian pianist and composer Stewart Goodyear. His elegant artistry made it memorable, for sure — but it was also his gracious and lovely interaction with the audience that stays in my mind. He was the soloist with an orchestra performing one of Johann

This is Beautiful Music from 18th century Spain, performed by a group of talented musicians working to introduce this music to a wider audience. La Guirlande’s recording is called SPANISH TRAVELING VIRTUOSI. You can hear (and watch) them play, AND you can hear them talk about the project! Spanish Travelling Virtuosi: A project for the

Today’s offering is devilishly Beautiful Music! Rachell Ellen Wong plays a solo arrangement of Giuseppe Tartini’s DEVIL’S TRILL Sonata on baroque violin. This 2018 live concert recording was made in Auer Hall at Indiana University. You can also read more about the terrific up-and-coming musician, who was 2020 winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant

This is Beautiful Music to put a smile on your face! Andrew Gonzalez is playing violoncello da spalla — a “shoulder cello” — and his facial expressions and body language say it all. The ease and joy exude from his lovely performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s GIGUE from the 6th Suite for Unaccompanied Cello. You

Soprano Michele Kennedy’s beautiful artistry provides today’s Beautiful Music! The music is Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 by Johann Sebastian Bach. This is from a 2018 performance at Christ and Saint Stephens Church in New York City, also featuring oboist Ellen Marie Hindson, theorbo player Daniel Swenberg, and organist Raymond Nagem. And in