Specialists Nell Snaidas (Soprano) and Laury Gutierrez (viola da gamba) share their performances of Latin Baroque and Afro-Baroque music, while violinist Karin Cuellar Rendon explores 19th century Peruvian and Bolivian salon music. Register for SalonEra You’ll receive a link by...
Picking up on themes from Les Délices’ Bewitched, soprano Hannah De Priest, tenor Karim Sulayman, baritone Jonathan Woody, and fortepianist Michael Pecak bring us art songs infused with the supernatural, including Schubert’s famous Die Erlk├Ânig. Scholar Francesca Brittan, an expert...
Three violinists - Gail Hern├índez Rosa, Edwin Huizinga, and David McCormick - keep one foot firmly in the Baroque world and the other just outside. They’ll share recent work spanning Celtic tunes, traditional music from Spain, and research focused on...
Masters of improvisation Robert Mealy, Shira Kammen, Priscilla Herreid, and Mark Edwards talk about their work and inspiration in reconstructing lost musical traditions from Medieval to Baroque. Register for SalonEra You’ll receive a link by email to view the show!...
Members of Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, director) and Trob├ár (featuring Elena Mullins and Allison Monroe) bring us “a captivating mix of mysticism and merriment” in this episode illuminating Medieval music for Advent and Christmas. We'll also speak with composer Kevin...
SalonEra returns on January 18th with a special episode featuring SalonEra’s production team sharing highlights from the fall season and newly-produced remote collaborations of favorite works by Handel. Audiences will gain insights into how SalonEra episodes are created from guest...
February 1st’s SalonEra episode features Haitian baritone Jean Bernard Cerin, soprano Sherezade Panthaki, and keyboardist Henry Lebedinsky. Cerin probes the first iterations of Haiti in the Classical music tradition, Lebedinsky introduces modinhas by mulatto composer Joaquin Manoel da C├ómara (approx....
Tune in on February 15th at 7:30pm ET for Episode 11: Stylus Fantasticus! We’re joined by a spectacular team of musicians for a deep dive into the wild, exploratory music of 17th century Italy and Austria. Irish harpist Maria Cleary...
On March 1st, Brooklyn-based Israeli multi-instrumentalist and singer Daphna Mor and performer/researcher Elizabeth Weinfield join host Debra Nagy for an exploration of Jewish identity and musical traditions. Daphna Mor will share how she has incorporated Jewish liturgical music into her...
SalonEra marks Women’s History Month with a special episode on March 15th featuring instrumental and vocal music by Maddalena Sirmen, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clara Schumann. Featured guests include harpsichordist Byron Schenkman, violinist Shelby...
On March 29th, SalonEra illuminates the lives and works of two Medieval visionaries: Christine de Pizan and Guillaume de Machaut. The greatest poet-musician of the 14th century, Machaut was a trailblazer across multiple forms and genres. Pizan challenged misogyny in...
No myth is more foundational to musicians than the tragic tale of Orpheus and his lute. On April 19th, SalonEra guests scholar Susan McClary, soprano Michele Kennedy, and tenor Jason McStoots bring the story to life through conversation and music...