Suzanne Bona

Duo MemDi was formed in 2010 when its two members — pianist Dr. Rochelle Sennet and violinist Dr. Igor Kalnin — were both on the faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. Today’s Beautiful Music features the award-winning duo from their March 16, 2019 recital at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Their program […]

Violinist Narimichi Kawabata graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the Japanese musician is now based in the UK. In addition to his demanding schedule as an international performer, he dedicates a significant amount of his time to charity, inspired in part by the medical accident that left him visually impaired. Today’s

Pianist Julia Siciliano provides today’s Beautiful Music. The delightful musician is giving a concert performance of the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata Op.53 which is subtitled “Waldstein.” Not only do her fingers fly across the keys effortlessly, I love watching her facial expressions and gestures.

Today’s Beautiful Music features Fifth House Ensemble and Alash performing the Reindeer Herder’s Song. Fifth House Ensemble’s self-described mission is to harness the collaborative spirit of chamber music to reach beyond the traditionally-perceived limits of classical music.. Alash is a trio of master throat singers from Tuva. Their collaboration is enthralling! You can also read

Tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado has such an easy, gentle musicality — such a comforting demeanor. He is joined by Orquesta Barroca Catalana conducted by Pau Jorquera performing today’s Beautiful Music, singing the aria COMFORT YE from George Frideric Handel’s oratorio MESSIAH.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Cantata BWV 32 LIEBSTER JESU, MEIN for the first Sunday after the church celebration of Epiphany in Leipzig, and it was first performed it on January 13, 1726. Today’s Beautiful Music is a concert performance of the cantata from September 26th 2015 at St Martin’s Church, Groningen. Soprano Monika Mauch

As I was preparing to write today’s Beautiful Music post, I stepped away from the computer for a few minutes. When I returned, there was an unintelligible string of letters and characters across the screen. My cat had strolled across the keyboard. (It’s a cat thing!) Rather than post what she wrote, I decided to

Today’s Beautiful Music is FUN and (I hope) will put a smile on your face! Sarah Willis and The Havana Lyceum Orchestra made this recording in April 2022. It’s Jorge Aragón’s arrangement of the song El Bodeguero by Richard Egües.

Early Music New York sent a message earlier this week about Three Kings Day on January 6th, celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus in the manger, about twelve days after his birth, bringing gold, frankincense and myrrh. Today’s Beautiful Music features Early Music New York performing four selections for Three Kings

Pacific Opera Project (POP) is the focus of today’s Beautiful Music. They will present the U.S. premiere of a little-known 1723 opera by Antonio Vivaldi, postponed from . Recently rediscovered in libraries in Münster, Paris, and Turin, Ercole su’l Termodonte is based on the ninth Labor of Hercules. When Ercole su’l Termodonte premiered in Rome,