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the Ballo delle Ingrate, from Baroque Academy to Bleecker Street

Submitted by Alastair on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:21am

 

On June 3rd, the New York-based Baroque company Musica Nuova will present Monteverdi’s Il Ballo delle Ingrate in a production that originated at Amherst Early Music in 2002. Co-creator Lawrence Rosenwald describes the origins of Ballo and previews the upcoming performance.

 

Summer Festival Preview: Instruments and Voices in 16th-Century Spain with Douglas Kirk

Submitted by Cathy on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 5:39pm

Scholars have debated for years about the role instrumentalists had vis-à-vis choirs and the liturgy in the the 16th and early 17th centuries. We know in Spain, for instance, that groups of instrumentalists began being brought into the churches as formally constituted ensembles in cathedrals - but what did they do? 

Scholars have debated for years about the role instrumentalists had vis-à-vis choirs and the liturgy in the the 16th and early 17th centuries. We know in Spain, for instance, that groups of instrumentalists began being brought into the churches as formally constituted ensembles in cathedrals - but what did they do? 

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