The second of Maurizio Pollini's magnificently heterogeneous part-choral programs, presented by Carnegie Hall at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday evening, was a journey from the early Baroque to 1960 and back again.
As one of the fathers of the period-instrument movement and the founder of some of its most treasured ensembles — the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique — he has influenced the way audiences listen to, and expect to hear, music from the early Baroque up to the late 19th century.
July 8 , 1604Lobenstein, Germany October 6, 1651 Prussia Heinrich Albert, (born July 8 , 1604 Lobenstein, Saxony [Germany] died Oct. 6, 1651, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]), German composer of a famous and popular collection of 170 songs, the most representative examples of German solo song from the early Baroque period.
The frescoes of Matthäus Günther, who became director of the Augsburg Academy in 1762, show a steady evolution from his early Baroque compositions, through the much lighter asymmetrical Rococo compositions, to the strongly sculptural quality of his late works, which reveal the onset of Neoclassicism.
This year's program is a look back at favorite past productions, covering several hundred years' worth of music, from medieval dances to early Baroque carols.
On Saturday night Mr. Renz's group presented Venetian instrumental works from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods at the Cathedral Church of St . John the Divine
This year's program is a look back at favorites from the productions of previous years, covering several hundred years' worth of music, from medieval dances to early Baroque carols.
C. 1537 Rome, Italy 1602 Rome, Italy Giacomo della Porta, (born c. 1537, Rome, Papal States [Italy] died 1602, Rome) Italian architect whose work represents the development in style from late Mannerism to early Baroque.
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