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Burning crosses on the front lawn and liking Bach are one in the same to this scholar A music theory professor at Hunter College of the City University of New York said his own father, who is black, was a white supremacist because he liked “Bach.” Professor Philip Ewell made the claims in a profile piece in the Yale Daily News. The university recently gave him its Wilbur Cross Award for “making the whiteness of music theory a topic of conversation,” the student paper reported. Ewell is so good at identifying “whiteness” and “white supremacy” that he even saw it...

The celebrated Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - considered to be the "pope" of the baroque music revival - has died in Vienna aged 86.

Dietrich Buxtehude Complete Organ Works Vol I,Ton Koopman

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Concertos pour Instruments à Vent

Jean-Philippe Rameau Complete Cembalo Works,Scott Ross

Pietro Nardini Violin Concertos

William Hayes: Concerto in Bb major, edited by Simon Heighes. Live recording of the first performance in modern times, by Norwich Baroque, 15th June 2013

Amor Artis Chorale / Johannes Somary Praetorius-In dulci jubilo 3:41 Charpentier-In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum 16:18 Hammerschmidt-O ihr lieben Hirten 6:33 Charles Theodore Pachelbel-Magnificat 5:44 Schein-Vom Himmel hoch 1:45 Buxtehude-In dulci jubilo 8:12 Michael Haydn-Lauft, ihr Hirten, allzugleich 9:34

12 Concerti grossi opus VI: Concerti Grossi, con duoi Violini e Violoncello di Concertino obligati e duoi altri Violini, Viola e Basso di Concerto grosso ad arbotrio che si potranno radoppiare [....] Concerto 1 in D major 1. Largo-allegro　0:00 2. Largo-allegro　2:23 3. Largo　5:12 4. Allegro　8:28 5. Allegro　10:20 Concerto 2 in F major 1. Vivace-allegro　12:34 2. Largo-andante　16:00 3. Allegro　16:56 4. Grave-andante largo　18:46 5. Allegro　20:45 Cont.

Alessandro Scarlatti - Salve Regina Op. 2 No.10 Alessandro Scarlatti (Palermo, 2 maggio 1660 -- Napoli, 24 ottobre 1725) Performed by: Armonico Consort, director Christopher Monks Picture by: Icona della Madonna del Carmine detta "La Bruna", Napoli

GASPAR SANZ (1640-1710) SUITE ESPAÑOLA Españoletas Gallarda y Villano Rujero y Paradetas Passacalle de la Cavallería de Nápoles La Miñona de Catalunia Canarios Grabado en vivo en el V FESTIVAL ANDES y SIERRA DE CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Córdoba, Argentina; septiembre de 2014. CAPILLA DEL MONTE-Córdoba

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1730) Concerto for Violin, Strings & Continuo in B flat major Concerto di violino solo con piu stromenti Concierto en Si bemol mayor para violín, cuerdas y bajo continuo Concerto pour violon et orchestre en si bémol majeur (Allegro, Largo 5:07, Allegro 9:33) Bettina Mussumeli, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone (1984) Baroque Classical Music Música Clásica Barroca

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi 12 Concertos for Violin & Oboe, Op. 7 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Oboe No.1 in B flat major, Op.7, RV465 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for violin, strings & bc No.2 in C major, RV188 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Violin No.3 in G minor, Op.7, RV326 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Violin No.4 in A minor, Op.7, RV354 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Violin No.5 in F major, Op.7, RV285a Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Oboe No.6 in B flat major, Op.7, RV374 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto for Oboe...

Pieter Hellendaal Six Sonatas for Cello and Bass Opus V 1780

"It took Bach for me to figure out there was something mighty and substantial in classical music," Thile said before the concert, sitting with mandolin in hand, his left foot resting over his right, alongside conductor Jeffrey Kahane. "It always seemed to me that it wasn't grooving – which is very simplistic. It grooves, in a different way. To me, it was a revelation; it was mesmerizing to my core." The desire to learn Bach's solo Sonatas and Partitas for violin pushed Thile to teach himself to read music, he said, as learning Bach by ear "was slow-going."

* Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) 1. Allegro 2. Largo 3. Allegro Pastorale * Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer) 1. Allegro non molto 2. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte 3. Presto * Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" also known as the "Danza Pastorale" (Autumn) 1. Allegro 2. Adagio molto 3. Allegro * Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) 1. Allegro non molto 2. Largo 3. Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation in composition for diverse instrumentation, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. Revered for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty, Bach's works...

Famous works attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach were not penned by the great composer but by his second wife, researchers believe. A study by an academic who has spent more than 30 years looking at Bach's work claims that Anna Magdalena Bach, traditionally believed to be Bach's musical copyist, actually wrote some of his best-loved works, including his Six Cello Suites. Martin Jarvis, a professor at Charles Darwin University School of Music in Darwin and the conductor of the city's symphony orchestra, said that "a number of books would need to be rewritten" after presenting his findings to a Bach...

Finally, what with a snow day and all, I have time to write one more installment of the history of art. Today’s “lesson” is Baroque art. Baroque art dates from 1600-1715 or so. (The dates are different with different media. The end of Baroque art coincides with the death of King Louis XIV in 1715; Baroque music ends with the death of Bach in 1750.) The expansion in Baroque artistic space reflects the expansion of political empires (into the New World) and the expansion of scientific knowledge (the invention of microscopes and telescopes: with space expanding outward and contracting inward)....