Suzanne Bona

Agave Baroque is a terrific ensemble based in California. They are not only fine musicians, they are innovators in crafting interesting and meaningful programs. Their Grammy-nominated 2021 album AMERICAN ORIGINALS: A NEW WORLD – A NEW CANON featured the brilliant countertenor Reginald Mobley singing a varied program of music by Florence Price, Scott Joplin, Justin […]

Anthony Roth Constanzo is a renowned countertenor. The international opera star has performed numerous groundbreaking roles as a singer, and has held jobs such as The New York Philharmonic’s 2021–22 Artist-in-Residence. Today’s Beautiful Music features Anthony Roth Costanzo giving a tutorial on the musical concept of “legato” and how he prepares to go on stage

Today is Flag Day in the US, commemorating the adoption of our flag on June 14, 1777. Today’s Beautiful Music is a choral rendition of AMERICA: MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE by The Soldiers’ Chorus of The United States Army Field Band.

Recently, a Sunday Baroque listener emailed me with a question/observation about music he heard on the program. He heard a remarkable, similarity between Adam Falckenhagen’s Concerto IV in G and (wait for it) the Rolling Stones song “Lady Jane”! I decided to ask lutenist John Schneiderman, whose recording of the Falckenhagen had been played. Here

Originally presented in November 2018, today’s Beautiful Music is an excerpt from the opera ALCINA by Francesca Caccini. It’s believed to be the first opera by a woman composer! The recent Boston Early Music Festival presented encore performances of ALCINA. Now the production will go on tour to Great Barrington, MA on June 23 and

The Harlem Chamber Players brighten up this Sunday with STARBURST — Beautiful Music composed by Jessie Montgomery. The acclaimed violinist, composer, and teacher was born and raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s. Her parents were creative artists in the community — her mother as a theater artist and storyteller and her father

American operatic soprano Nadine Sierra’s fluid artistry and stratospheric range are featured on today’s Beautiful Music. Ms. Sierra sings the aria ‘Ah non giunge’ from Vinceno Bellini’s opera LA SONNAMBULA. This performance is from Nadine Sierra’s role debut as Amina and house debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain in December 2022. Use the link

Two marvelously talented opera singers provide today’s Beautiful Music: tenor Russell Thomas and baritone Reginald Smith Jr.. They’re joined by pianist Kevin Miller performing a duet between Otello and Iago from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera OTELLO. Learn more about these extraordinary musicians using the links below to their websites. Russell Thomas (russellthomastenor.com) BARITONE | Reginald Smith,

Victory Brinker is a little girl with a BIG talent and BIG dreams! In 2021, at the tender age of 9, she was a contestant on the tv show America’s Got Talent. Victory lives with her family in Latrobe, PA, and her parents say she talked and sang quite early. She loved music and was

The Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur is one of Montréal’s most beloved concert halls, and home to fine musical instruments including a Fazioli concert grand piano and a 1772 Kirckman harpsichord. The former monastery was built in the 19th century and restored in 1985. A little over a week ago, the historic site was ravaged by