Group blog
For twenty years Magnificat has explored the emotionally charged music of the 17th Century, each season bringing together an assembly of internationally recognized musicians to present unique and innovative programs that engage the senses and inspire the imagination.
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2014-2015 Season 2012-2013 Season Monteverdi 2015-2016 Season 2013-2014 Seaon Past Seasons Performance Practice Cozzolani
17 March 2017
Matteo Ricci Matteo Ricci was born into a noble Italian family in Macerata, Italy. He studied law in Rome but became more interested in the new science that was sweeping Western Europe....
Sacred Music in Liturgical Context
4 March 2017
Musicians at San Marco in Venice In the early 80s, while studying baroque cello at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland I had the opportunity to play Bach St. John Passion at...
19 January 2017
Annunciation Last Sunday, I attended Artek’s performance of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine at the National Gallery in Washington DC. It was lovely to hear a fine...
Performing Sacred Music in Liturgical Context
27 December 2016
Musicians at San Marco in Venice As Magnificat turns our attention to December’s performances of the mass setting by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, I decided it would be a good...