This June, Seattle’s ending the concert season with a bang, in the form of a month-long flurry of world premiere performances. Celebrate another year of local classical music with brand-new works by talented composers from near and far. Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Picks For June
Jean-Philippe Rameau was two years older than Bach and lived longer, a prolific French composer with a distinct style and … Continue reading A too-rarely heard Composer
Let music whisk you around the world this month! March’s concert offerings combine Western classical favorites with musical traditions from … Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Month: Classical Music Concerts for March
The holiday concert season is already in full swing, but there’s still a full calendar of festive musical events set to spread Christmas cheer throughout the Seattle area. We’ve compiled a small sampling of yuletide offerings for everyone, from grandma to your hipster cousin. Continue reading What We’re Hearing This Holiday Season: Classical Music Picks For Christmas
I don‘t remember who it was who said “An art song is an opera in three minutes,” but it’s true. The singer must put across in that time what takes three hours in an opera, and it is an art which Rottsolk has mastered. Continue reading Byron Schenkman and Friends and an “Entrancing” Schubertiade
With her agile voice, Rottsolk made the most of her lilting, upbeat aria in No. 155, tricky to sing with a fast vocal line all over the register. For several recitatives and arias, both in No. 155 and for almost all of No. 134, Bach joins alto and tenor together in duet. Lane and Mueller sounded absolutely right together, their voices expressively blending and moving apart with the music. Continue reading Seattle Baroque Orchestra Fills Town Hall with Bach Cantata Fans
As for the Baroque violin, it does have a volume range and can be played as softly and as expressively as whispering silk, but not as loudly as a modern violin. The Baroque bow is concave, so if the player presses on it to draw a louder sound from the violin string, the bow bends, the hair tension softens and it doesn’t sound louder at all. On a modern bow, which is convex, pressing tautens the hair getting the opposite effect. Continue reading “Common Ground” at Town Hall Shows Off Baroque-Era Musical Agility
