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November 2013: Baroque Music

By Bachtrack, 01 November 2013

We’ve spent a month looking forward on Bachtrack with Contemporary Music Month, and now it’s time to take a look back. November 2013 is Baroque Music Month, and we will be publishing articles right up until December about this fascinating body of music.

Whether you’re well versed in basso continuo and ornamentation, or you don’t know your Hasse from your Albinoni, you’re bound to find something to appeal here. Take a look – and check back every week, too, as we publish new content.

To start off, our reviewer and Baroque expert Stephen Raskauskas is taking a look at what that strange word “Baroque” really means, and Jane Shuttleworth explores the history of Baroque music in South America. Take a look below for more...

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Frank Kuznik, 6th September

Remaining in a comfortable niche isn't an acceptable option: the General Manager of Denmark's most prominent classical music export tells us about their plans for wider fame.

A survivor from Transylvania: the life of György Ligeti

Lawrence Dunn, 28th May

Ligeti’s early life was deeply eventful and traumatic. Biographer Richard Steinitz describes writing Ligeti’s biography – and the alienated and abstracted imprint it left on his music.

Against the status quo: the music of Johanna Beyer

Lawrence Dunn, 14th April

A pioneering composer of music for electronic instruments in the 1930s, Johanna Beyer also wrote singular chamber and large ensemble music. A portrait concert will be presented at LAC Lugano in May.

Six of the best audio streaming platforms for classical music in 2023

David Karlin, 5th April

We compare six audio streaming services you might choose for classical music: Idagio, Presto Music, Apple Music Classical, Spotify, Tidal and Amazon Music Unlimited.

Day of Wrath: Rachmaninov and the Dies irae

Mark Pullinger, 1st April

The demonic Dies irae motif haunts many of Rachmaninov’s compositions – but what meaning did this Catholic hymn have for the Russian composer?

Rachmaninov and the voice

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

Many of Rachmaninov's works were written for himself to play at the piano, but he was also a considerable composer for the voice, covering everything from intimate songs to operas and liturgical choral music.