Beautiful Music

Countertenor John Holiday is such an extraordinary and versatile talent! He is an opera singer whose primary repertory is Baroque and music by contemporary composers. He is equally at home singing jazz, gospel, and pop music. Today’s Beautiful Music features John Holiday singing music by Antonio Vivaldi. He and the Academy of Ancient Music perform […]

Today you’ll have a chance to sing along with this Beautiful Music. The Winston-Salem State University Choir, Alumni Choir and Friends, conducted by Dr. Roland M. Carter, perform LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING. As you listen to this moving 2017 performance, you can also read more about the history of the music using the link

Happy Independence Day! Today’s Beautiful Music is a rousing live performance of George Frideric Handel’s MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS and WATER MUSIC. It features Le Concert Spirituel directed by Hervé Niquet performing at Chambord Castle for the Festival de Chambord in 2016.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emf4agOD6xY  

František Jiránek was a Czech (Bohemian) Baroque musician who lived from 1698–1778. As a young man he went to Venice to study music, and he’s thought to have been a student of Antonio Vivaldi. Today’s Beautiful Music features František Jiránek’s Concerto in C major for oboe, strings and basso continuo arranged for baroque flute in

Baroque violin and baroque cello are earlier versions of their modern counterparts. You can read more about the instruments using the links below. Today’s Beautiful Music is a performance by Alfia Bakieva on baroque violin and Leonhard Bartussek on baroque cello of some tango music.

Happy July! Today’s Beautiful Music is something to put a smile on your face, and some catchy, upbeat tunes in your heart. The Goede Hoop Marimba Band is an ensemble of students at Goede Hoop, a primary school near Johannesburg, South Africa. They give a joyful performance of music by Antonio Vivaldi — a mashup

Toronto-based Duo Oriana is soprano Sinéad White and lutenist Jonathan Stuchbery, and they were featured in Early Music America’s recent virtual Emerging Artists Showcase. Their recital program was called “How Like a Golden Dream” in which they explored different perspectives of night through ancient folk melodies o Ireland and early 17th century court music from

San Francisco Conservatory Baroque Ensemble was a featured group in the Young Performers Festival co-sponsored by Early Music America and the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition that took place earlier this month. I’ve been sharing some of these fine performances for the last few days, and today’s Beautiful Music features San Francisco Conservatory Baroque Ensemble playing

On June 8, 2022, the USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia was featured in the Young Performers Festival as part of a collaboration between the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition and Early Music America. Today’s Beautiful Music includes their performance: a program called, “‘Een nye liet’: Crossing Boundaries in Early-Modern Song and Dance (ca. 1450-1650).”  

Yesterday I began sharing a series of recent performances that were part of Early Music America’s YOUNG PERFORMERS FESTIVAL & EMERGING ARTISTS SHOWCASE. Today’s Beautiful Music features AKOYA, whose emerging artists area violinist Naomi Dumas and harpsichordist Caitlyn Koester. They’re playing two Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord by Christoph Graupner on a program that was