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Collectio Musicorum 10th Anniversary Concert
Date Fri, 18 Oct 2024 8:00 pm
Collectio Carmina Burana web

Music from the Carmina Burana manuscript

On Friday, October 18th, Collectio Musicorum will...

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RenChorNY celebrates 70 years!
Sat, 26 Oct 2024 5:00 pm

70thFlyer RenChorNYRenChorNY revisits works from last season's great Hapsburg Composers Series including works by...

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Clarion
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 7:00 pm

ST BARTS webRachmaninoff @150: Spring Cantata & Folk Songs

The Clarion Choir presents the finale of its...

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NEWS

  • Mozart New Catalogue Release
    After almost two decades, the new Köchel catalogue of W.A. Mozart’s works has been released, containing 95 works not hitherto included, and available for free searches in both English and German. Ludwig von Köchel’s 1862 original catalogue rep...
    Res Facta: "The Ecclesiastical and the Ecstatic"
    Harry Rolnick reviews the recent concert by the vocal ensemble Res Facta: "Those of us growing up believing that Thomas Tallis was the remote appendix of a Vaughan Williams lament had a lot to learn. But nowhere near as much as the ResFacta Vocal En...
    Introducing Continuo Connect!
    Continuo Connect is an online platform for early music musicians in the United Kingdom to share their work, and to connect with a wider audience. The comprehensive, searchable listings of concerts and festivals across the country open access to oppor...
    Artist Spotlight ~ harpsichordist Geneviève Soly
    April 18, 2024 Geneviève Soly An interview between John Thiessen and harpsichordist Geneviève Soly JOHN: Later this month, virtuoso Quebecoise organist and harpsichordist Geneviève Soly will come to New York for performances at St. Malachy’s ...

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