Review: The Influencers (Salut! Baroque)
Audience and performers happily ‘under the influence’ during this entertaining soiree of Baroque morsels.
Audience and performers happily ‘under the influence’ during this entertaining soiree of Baroque morsels.
Many 18th century composers worked in conditions antithetical to creativity, writes Sally Melhuish. Some triumphed regardless.
Composers saluted, of course, but this series also doffs a hat to the historians, influences and networkers of the Baroque.
What does period performance mean? And what does it take to be HIP in classical music?
Advice dating back to the court of Frederick the Great still stands for students of Historically Informed Performance.
Salut! Baroque's Sally Melhuish explains how competition and rivalry became a catalyst for creativity in English music.
Salut! Baroque pays tribute to the art of improvisation and the fascinating phases and fashions of baroque music in its 2023 concert series.
Baroque music is far from being "all the same", as some believe, says Sally Melhuish, who writes here about the new styles and genres in Spanish Baroque music.
COVID has laid bare the struggle between creativity and livelihood, but similar challenges existed for Baroque composers.
Sally Melhuish, Artistic Director of Salut! Baroque, shines a light on Portraits of Marianna Martines, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Maddalena Casulana.
Some toast-worthy vintages from Baroque ensemble’s cellar.