In the Cabinet of Wonders

Chicago-based violinist Martin Davids (Callipygian Players, Bella Voce Sinfonia, Haymarket Opera, Music of the Baroque) is joined by organist, musicologist, and author David Yearsley for a program paying tribute to an unlikely, yet celebrated duo. In 17th century Hamburg, organist Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663) and violinist Johann Schop (1590-1667) became one of the town’s leading cultural attractions playing from the organ …

Palestrina Revealed

Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge celebrate the 500th anniversary of Palestrina’s birth with five world-premiere recordings of still little-known works: the Magnificat secundi toni a 5; two motets: Ad te levavi oculos meos a 12, Memor esto verbi tui a 5; and two mass settings: Missa Memor esto verbi tui a 5 and Missa Emendemus in …

Cor Collaborandi: A Transnational Celebration of the Early Modern

Led by trombonist and early music specialist Michael Kris, the Kris Collective brings together musicians from across two continents performing on modern instruments. Their album Cor Collaborandi celebrates the cross-pollination of musical ideas between the Venetian and Spanish schools of the early Baroque. In his program notes, Michael Kris says: “Music of the 16th to 18th centuries was transmitted artist …