‘So, I’ve got a rehearsal later.’ ‘What for?’ ‘Hermes.’ ‘What’s that?’ ‘The Hermes Experiment. It’s a quartet – harp, double bass, clarinet, and soprano.’

A Padmore Cycle: IV. Familie Numero drei From Thomas Larcher: What Becomes (2014) Released by Harmonia Mundi Thomas Larcher: A Padmore Cycle: IV. Familie Numero dreiThomas Larcher’s sound world is both original and captivating in its fusion of contemplative harmonies

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A Composer, Scholar and a Gentleman! Take for example Johann Mattheson (1681-1764), a prolific composer, singer, organist, writer, lexicographer, diplomat, and music theorist. Born in Hamburg as the third, and only surviving son of a local tax collector, Mattheson displayed

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