There is nothing that says celebration to me more than a bright piccolo trumpet and a hearty “jauchzet!” That’s J.S. Bach’s favorite German word for jubilation, so perfectly captured in his cantata, ...

If I had to demonstrate the communicative power of Johann Sebastian Bach's music with only one work, I would surely choose one of the church cantatas. These are the works, above all others in Bach's ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Rivista Italiana di Musicologia was founded in 1966. Over the years it has published the writings of many important ...

March 4: 7:30 p.m.; Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba, soloist inchamber works. First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce Street March 11: 7:30 p.m.; Mass in B minor, St. John’s Cathedral, ...

It took Catherine Payne nearly a decade as the San Francisco Symphony's piccolo player before she played her first concerto with the orchestra. On Wednesday night, she made the most of the occasion.

A cellist can work on Bach’s six daunting cello suites an entire career. This year at Piccolo Spoleto, cellist Natalia Khoma will power through the challenging suites three at a time on two separate ...

Paul McCartney was watching TV, saw a trumpeter playing a Bach Brandenburg Concerto on screen, and next minute invited him to play on one of the Beatles’ biggest hits. That’s how the story of the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X I’ve considered myself pretty durable in covering Spoleto over the years, usually taking in 15 or ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Amid the grandeur of Gothic architecture and the warmth of flickering candlelight, Saint Mary of ...