Like the soon-to-open Renaissance galleries it was conceived to celebrate, Wednesday's program by Jordi Savall and his Hesperion XXI at the Cleveland Museum of Art was a trove of delicate, detailed ...

The surprising thing about the arresting medieval Spanish music program (“Diaspora Sefardi: Roots and Memory”) Thursday in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center is how contemporary ...

Recorded voice: Where to? Carnegie Hall, please. Okay, here are your tickets. Enjoy the show. Your tickets, please. Jeff Spurgeon: Welcome to a concert broadcast from Carnegie Hall Live. The series ...

A few centuries later, Dimitrie Cantemir could have been a world music pioneer. As it was, born in 1673, he had to settle for being Prince of Moldavia. But while in Istanbul, as diplomat-cum-hostage, ...

What image pops into your head when you think of “classical music”? An orchestra, right? Playing a symphony— a composition without any singers. However, from the beginnings of the classical tradition ...

Music Worcester's 2025- 2026 season continues, spanning seven centuries of music offering performances from 15th century ...

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Verdict: An exotic musical voyage forges fascinating cultural and political links. The 53 tracks travel through all four seasons, from the dreams and celebrations of spring to the final sacrifice, ...

There may be a few greater early music experiences than Spain's eight- member Hesperion XXI, but there are none that go about advertising their greatness so quietly. Back in the East Bay for the first ...

The music heard Friday night at the Early Music Guild’s concert at Town Hall Seattle, from Hispanic composers of the Old World and the New, covered a wide time span. It stretched from 1510, when Diego ...

Over 50 years ago, Jordi Savall put aside his cello to start learning a new instrument: the viola da gamba. "Everyone thought I was mad", he says. But if the phenomenal success of Hespèrion XX (and ...