âWonderful things!â Practically dumbstruck, thatâs all archaeologist Howard Carter could say at his first sight of the treasures in Tutankhamenâs tomb, glittering in their long-time hiding place. âIt felt like that for me, too,â says.
The winter holidaysâthereâs something so golden and lustrous about them. Here at Tempesta di Mareâs offices, in South Philadelphiaâs historic Italian Market, the long nights are especially beautiful. Neighbors string lights across the narrow streets.
In Telemannâs time, the city of Dresden was something out of a fairy tale. In the upcoming show Fire and Invention: Telemannâs Showpieces for the Dresden Virtuosi, Tempesta di Mare revisits Dresdenâs magic moment with.
Imagine Bach and Handel in their music rooms in Leipzig and London, sitting down, opening the fresh, clean pages of music straight off the press, and playing something new theyâd just received from their good.
The world is throwing a grand anniversary party this year for one of the most deserving and long-overlooked artists in Baroque music, Georg Philipp Telemann. Published in the Fall 2017 print issue of Early Music.
In 1737, during a visit to Paris, German composer Georg Philipp Telemann got to hear his new Paris Quartets premiered by some of Franceâs best musicians, a remarkable experience that Tempesta di Mare will bring.
During the baroque era, Bohemia more or less disappeared from map of European culture. But invisibly, it made its presence known. Those big European capitals of the baroque worldâDresden, Berlin, London, Parisâwere well enriched by.
If you look for Bohemia on a map, you wonât find it. After World War I, the old Kingdom of Bohemia folded into the Czechoslovak Republic. Bohemia never came back as an independent entity. Itâs.
You know Vivaldiâs Spring from The Four Seasons. Everybody knows Spring from The Four Seasons. Even if they donât think they know Spring, they do. Everybody recognizes that wonderful, lilting opening theme. Remember when Spring.
In Sara and Her Sisters Tempesta di Mare salutes three of baroque musicâs great ladies, âreally interesting, really powerful women,â Tempesta co-artistic director Gwyn Roberts says. âWhen I first found out about them I was.
