Frescobaldi's advice to the reader in the Avvertimenti in the first book of Toccate was necessary because of the newness of the musical style; even at the time the metric rigidity and schematic ...

Beethoven laughed derisively when, much later in life, he heard a friend playing his early 32 Variations in C minor. “That piece of folly mine?” he asked, but, as the pianist Angela Hewitt rightly ...

Girolamo Frescobaldi established the keyboard style that would dominate Europe in the Baroque era. His life throws a light on the nepotism and patronage at the heart of Italy in the 17th century, and ...

Behold the glorious sights and sounds of 17th-century Rome! Our season kicks off in the musical world of one of Italy’s most celebrated early Baroque luminaries, Girolamo Frescobaldi. Let his music ...

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Multi-skilled, golden-voiced counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński joins Il Pomo d’Oro for a journey through the music of the early Baroque, showcasing composers including Caccini, Cavalli, Frescobaldi, ...

Girolamo Frescobaldi Arie musicali, Book I – ‘Così mi disprezzate’(3 mion) Johann Kaspar Kerll Sonata for two violins and continuo in F major(5 mion) Barbara Strozzi Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2 ...

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Catherine Bott looks back on the life and music of Italian composer Frescobaldi, whose brilliance was such that 30,000 people attended his first performance on the organ at St Peter's in Rome.