ARTICLES BEING VIEWED NOW:
- Innovative Programming - Malin Broman has been appointed musical director of The Nordic Chamber Orchestra
- France
- New Year - New Sounds - Mike Wheeler hopes that a collaboration between the Sitwell Singers and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire will become an annual event
- Spotlight. A Very Fine Disc - Geoff Pearce enjoys chamber music by contemporary French composer Michel Merlet
- Comment
On 18 April 1605 was baptised at Marini near Rome the composer Giacoma Carissimi. He had a special interest in oratorios, of which Jeptha was written in 1650 and is known to this day. He died in Rome from a stroke, on 12 January 1674.
CD Spotlight. Breathtaking Depth - Sacred music in seventeenth century Rome, heard by Gerald Fenech. '... performances of celestial beauty ...'
Ensemble. Music and Art - Karen Haid experiences Roma Opera Omnia