The recitative refers to the act of speaking text in a musical style was a new invention in 17th-century music. The recitative is typically followed by the aria, a solo vocal part designed to express ...

Music review: Philharmonia Baroque ‘Messiah’ at Disney Hall. ... costume-drama movie or early-music performance ... The oratorio begins with the promise of comfort in an accompanied recitative.

Before PBO takes its "St. John Passion" on the road to Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., next weekend, the orchestra will spend four days recording it for CD release.

One of Bach's two famous sacred oratorios, this amazing piece was first performed on 11 April 1727 in Leipzig. Good Friday 1727 in Leipzig was a particularly good Good Friday, thanks to the ...

But he is scornful of an attitude that amounts to thinking that the music somehow stops when the recitative starts. "We have no examples of written out keyboard continuo of recitativi secchi in ...

Singers spend lifetimes getting good at performing baroque music and for a school production, it is an ambitious one. Alcina ...

The name Solomon’s Knot, chosen by the acclaimed Baroque musical collective 15 years ago, references their characteristically tight, interlaced performances. It’s essentially a collaborative ...

In true baroque style, Handel liberally employs recitative sections, in which the singers almost speak the words over a sparse accompaniment to move on the story. Loading ...