Beautiful Music

Impeccable musical skills, imaginative programming, and a great sense of humor … it’s Beautiful Music courtesy of The King’s Singers. This is Henry Purcell’s aria MUSIC FOR A WHILE.          

The blend of bassoon and organ is a lovely and elegant combination, and this performance of Georg Philipp Telemann’s Sonata in f minor is quite Beautiful Music. Bassoonist Jaquain Sloan and organist Dr. Christoph Bull made this recording at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.    

I’m so happy to share the exceptional artistry of Charlotte Barbour-Condini. She is a young award-winning recorder virtuoso, and she demonstrates the technical and dramatic capabilities of the instrument. These exciting excerpts of Beautiful Music are from her performances in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2012.          

Yesterday’s Beautiful Music featured Hal Robinson and Joseph Conyers, the Principal and Assistant Principal Bass Players in the Philadelphia Orchestra, playing a double cello concerto by Antonio Vivaldi. As a follow up, here are the two elite musicians performing for school children in Philadelphia. Not only is it fun to hear their terrific playing, it’s

Who can blame a couple of terrific double bass players for wanting to play a meaty, challenging concerto and why should they be limited to only music written specifically for their instrument? This Beautiful Music was originally a Concerto by Antonio Vivaldi for 2 cellos, but it’s played by Hal Robinson and Joseph Conyers, the

Are you familiar with the composer Leonardo Vinci? Not Leonardo da Vinci, the artist and polymath who lived from 1452-1519, but the Neapolitan composer who lived from 1690 – 1730. Leonardo Vinci was famous for his operas, and today’s Beautiful Music is one of them: Li Zite ‘Ngalera (The Lovers On The Galley)  You will

Today’s Beautiful Music dates back to the 13th century. A LA VIA is street music from Medieval times — chipper dances played on a wide variety of instruments such as bagpipes, flutes and recorders, crumhorn, various percussion, dulcimer, mandolin, lutes and guitars.    

French musician Marin Marais was not only a star viola da gamba player and prolific composer, he was also a prolific father of 19 children. Roland Marais was one of his sons who followed in his footsteps as a musician, and today’s Beautiful Music is a Suite by Roland. It’s played by viola da gamba

Today is SWEETEST DAY, an occasion celebrated annually on the third Saturday in October. It originated in 1921, when Herbert Birch Kingston sought to help the less fortunate by distributing sweets and presents to orphans, the elderly and the disabled. Ensemble Doulce Memoire (Sweet Memory) provides today’s Beautiful Music offering, playing Renaissance era dances.