Music starts from an impulse of the soul. When a musician shares that impulse with an audience as it happens, we call it improvisation
Join world-reknowned guitarist Bill Frisell, virtuoso violinist Mikhail Shmidt, and PMW music director and lutenist...
In the mid-17th century, Europe was torn by fratricidal dissension and religious war. In this tragic era, a composer named Giacomo Carissimi composed a series of short musical “stories” (historiae) dramatizing these spiritual conflicts through the medium of Old-Testament tales: the...
In the mid-17th century, Europe was torn by fratricidal dissension and religious war. In this tragic era, a composer named Giacomo Carissimi composed a series of short musical “stories” (historiae) dramatizing these spiritual conflicts through the medium of Old-Testament tales: the...
"The Song of Songs is a cry of erotic longing and a description of erotic bliss. It is a lyrical drama whose speakers and episodes run into each other as in a dream or a vision....It is a canonical biblical text, and yet there is no mention of God or of religion. It...
Pacific Musicworks, St.James Cathedral and the Tudor Choir, conducted by Stephen Stubbs, present what is regarded as Handel's first English Oratorio as part of the American Handel Festival.
Soloists Include: Shannon Mercer, Catherine Webster, Matthew White, Ross Hauck, Zachary...
Proclaimed “the highlight of local opera presentations,” the Boston Early Music Festival’s stunning period productions of Baroque operas have become a must-see event for opera lovers from around the world. Pacific Musicworks presents BEMF's production of the original 1718...
A concert version of Claudio Monteverdi's masterpiece.
Photos by Lee Talner
Heiner Goebbels: Songs of War I Have Seen, conducted by Anu Tali
Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (2009), conducted by Stephen Stubbs
This collaboration with Seattle’s premier new music ensemble, Seattle Chamber Players...
By Claudio Monteverdi
Production directed by William Kentridge
Revival of production directed by Luc De Wit
Musical direction by Stephen Stubbs
Featuring the Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa
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A 10 day summer workshop dedicated to preparing singers for a career in baroque opera performance. Founded in 1995 by Seattle native Stephen Stubbs, the Accademia has helped many singers and instrumentalists go on to successful careers in Baroque opera in Europe, the US, and Canada. Learn more...
