Stormalong
In this SalonEra Spotlight, we unpack the tall tale and sea shanty Stormalong alongside a recorded performance featuring shantyman Seán Dagher and members of Les Délices.
In this SalonEra Spotlight, we unpack the tall tale and sea shanty Stormalong alongside a recorded performance featuring shantyman Seán Dagher and members of Les Délices.
William Herschel (1738-1822) is best remembered today for his work in astronomy (including building a giant telescope and discovering the planet Uranus) but he was also an accomplished professional musician.
Bach’s flawless counterpoint has inspired countless non-traditional performances of his works. For this audio-exclusive episode, we talk with harpsichordist Mark Edwards and scholar Reginald Sanders about the evidence that has prompted reconstructions and arrangements of some of Bach’s most famous works including alternative versions of Bach’s 4th Brandenburg Concerto and the Concerto for oboe and violin.
SalonEra considers the legacies of blind and visually-impaired historical composer-performers like Jacob van Eyck, Turlogh O’Carollan, and others and talks with vision-impaired harpsichordist & violinist Albano Berberi, lutenist Lucas Harris, and Braille music engraver Kathleen Cantrell.
Czech music scholar Martin Nedbal explores how 18th century Bohemian composers subtly incorporated folk tunes and inflections of their homeland despite cultural suppression under Hapsburg rule in this audio-only episode featuring live performances from Les Délices’ October program Bohemian Rhapsody.
Together with conductor Anthony Trecek-King and ethnomusicologist Gibb Schreffler, SalonEra probes the history and evolution of sea shanties and related work songs from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Featuring live concert recordings by Seán Dagher with Les Délices and more.
Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my! LD Artistic Director Debra Nagy and cellist Rebecca Landell share Baroque music inspired by the animal kingdom in this audio-only episode featuring recent live performances of music by Biber, Pasquini, and others.
Guests Kim Gruenwald and Dominic Giardino consider the music and sounds that reverberated across the western frontier as French, English, new American settlers, and Native Americans pushed westward in the decades following the Revolutionary War.
Nicaragua’s awe-inspiring volcanoes and vast caldera lakes have inspired countless myths and legends. We focus on the Legend of the Masaya Lagoon in this audio-only episode featuring live performances from Les Délices’ February program La Diosa and excerpts from a new commission by Nicaraguan-American composer Gilda Lyons.
Guests Yiheng Yang, Aisslinn Nosky, Mark Edwards, and Shelby Yamin join SalonEra for music & conversation centering late-18th century female pianist-composers Marianne Mozart, Jane Mary Guest, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen, and others.