Chamber Music & Recitals

The term 'toccata' is associated with virtuoso music demanding the utmost dexterity of it's performer. Elisa Netzer, winner of the 2015 'Suoni d'arpa' International Harp Competition in Italy, presents a wide-ranging programme which includes her own...

The term serenade originally signified a musical greeting, usually performed out of doors in the evening, to a beloved or a person of importance. Thus the qualities of affection and lightheartedness were established early in the history of the serenade,...

The term 'living legend' is genuinely apt to Martha Argerich, whose dazzling amalgam of virtuosity, insight, eclecticism, generosity and mystery makes her a pianist of unrivalled fascination. Argentinian-born, Viennese-trained, and winner of the 1965...

The term 'brunette' refers not only to a young woman with brown hair, but also to a musical form that was highly fashionable from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth. The genre evolved from the air de cour, extremely popular in France...

The term "South German" in keyboard music refers geographically to the southern part of the German-speaking region, also containing parts of Austria and Switzerland - and even eastern European regions of Poland, Bohemia and Transylvania. The composers...

The term "hautboistes" can by no means be translated as "oboists" or "oboe players," since besides the mastery of various oboes and bassoons, skills on many other instruments were expected of them. The repertoire of the hautboistes ensembles included a...

The tenor Julian Pregardien joins ALPHA for several recording projects that will showcase every facet of his talent, notably lieder and oratorio. His first album on the label is devoted to one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of music,...

The Tennessee Tech University School of Music is proud to present the TTU Faculty Contemporary Chamber Ensemble in it's premiere performance. This special ensemble, made up exclusively of faculty members from the School of Music, was formed in the Fall...

The tangos of legendary performer and composer Astor Piazzolla are informed by a multicultural upbringing which saw him introducing the influences of Classical, Jazz, Rock and Klezmer music into a unique Nuevo Tango style which still sounds fresh and...

The talented Chemirani family - Keyvan, Bijan and Maryam - have recorded an album called H?l (pronounced 'Hol'), which explores the intersection of Iranian, Indian and Irish music. Subtitled 'Love ballads', it features love poems with texts sung in...

The talented American composer JOHN PATRICK THOMAS presents his new work "How It Goes On", together with the enchanting soprano voice of JULIA HENNING and the great organist CONSTANZE KOWALSKI, an atmospheric album with exciting sounds.

The tale of Hans Winterberg (1901-91) is a strange one. A survivor of the Terez?n concentration camp, where he had been interned as a Czech Jew, he settled in Munich after the War as a German citizen, and his music enjoyed a number of broadcasts - but...