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Le Mozart Noir - Black Mozart: Chevalier Saint-Georges
Our February 2nd Concert celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments of Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), champion swordsman, French colonel, virtuoso violinist, director of Paris’s finest orchestra, and prolific…

Breathtaking: A Voice and a Cornetto Entwined
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the cornetto was fabled for its remarkable ability to imitate the human voice. This concert is a celebration of the affinity…

A Portland Baroque Reading List
PBO Board Chairman and historian, William Willingham, offers a stellar reading list for anyone interested in Baroque music, performance practice, or Mozart: Schulenberg, David. Music of the…

If Bach is the Air We Breathe, Vivaldi is the Oxygen
Meanwhile in Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach was entering the full flower of his genius at the Weimar court. Around May of 1713, the Duke’s son returned home…

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
The material of the first movement is laid out in its first few seconds: two themes, the martial trumpet theme, and then the lyric countermelody in the…

Preview Vivaldi’s Spell on YouTube
Preview Vivaldi’s Spell with the following recordings of works on the program featuring PBO director Monica Huggett! Monica Huggett, director + violin The most virtuosic of the…

Bach & Son
Witness the invention of the keyboard concerto as Alexander Weimann performs the virtuosic Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with its spectacular harpsichord solo. Music featuring the harpsichord with…

Monica Huggett, Rock Goddess?
by Bill Mayr
Coming of age in swinging London of the 1960s, Monica Huggett wanted to become the next Eric Clapton. She became a violinist rather than a rock-guitar goddess,…

Praetorius Christmas Vespers - Program Notes
Dresden was a leading centre of the most innovative Baroque musical techniques being developed at the time in Italy, and Praetorius would have come into contact with…

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