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Davóne Tines is a marvelous bass-baritone singer who imparts his performances with a great sense of drama and passion. Listen to him sing this Beautiful Music by Henry Purcell — THE COLD SONG from the semi-opera KING ARTHUR — with pianist Adam Nielsen. Davóne Tines was recently named Creative Partner with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. […]

Today’s Beautiful Music is from 18th century China. It’s an air played by Yuen Shi-chun on a silk stringed QinQin, a Chinese plucked zither. You can also read more about Yuen Shi-chun, who is a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.       A Chinese air: eighteenth century Chinese music performance in London

BUSKAID is South Africa’s renowned Soweto String Ensemble. You can read more about them on the link below. And, today’s Beautiful Music is their captivating performance of music by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Buskaid: Overture from Pigmalion and dances from Zaïs – Jean Philippe Rameau – YouTube BUSKAID – Helping Young Black Musicians in South African Townships

And now for something completely different … today’s Beautiful Music is Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio. The performers are Grace Park (violin), Ben Ullery (viola), and Robert Demaine (cello) and they are playing an arrangement by Dmitri Sitkovetsky. Next Up: Bach’s Goldberg Variations – YouTube

Today’s Beautiful Music is a warm breeze from the 16th century … wind music from Renaissance Italy. The marvelous group, Piffaro, using an assortment of quirky instruments — ancestors to some of the more familiar and more recent instruments we hear. Wind Music from Renaissance Italy – YouTube

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia was the younger sister of King Frederick the Great. They both loved music, played instruments, and composed. This is Princess Anna Amalia’s best known composition — her Flute Sonata in F — in a sweet and tender performance by members of Infusion Baroque. It’s Beautiful Music from a live concert

This is Beautiful Music by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach — it’s the allegro movement from his Sonata in a minor for solo flute. Flutist Jennifer Grim performs; she teaches at Frost School of Music at The University of Miami. With just a single instrument playing, you can hear with crystal clarity what a virtuoso she

Bass-Baritone Dashon Burton has an elegant voice and an exquisite sense of musicality. Today’s Beautiful Music is Dashon Burton’s collaboration with Parthenia Viols on the anthem WHEN DAVID HEARD, one of Renaissance composer Thomas Tomkins’ masterpieces. When David heard by Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656). Parthenia Viols & Dashon Burton, bass-baritone. – YouTube Dashon Burton Welcome |

This is a fun, upbeat way to kick off your week on a positive note: it’s a selection from a live concert by Rumbarroco, the Latin-Baroque Fusion Ensemble. Their performance is jazzy and modern, as well as ancient and traditional, with those wonderful early instruments. Fugue no 1 HD – YouTube