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Classical Music
features

The Influencers: Great music against the odds

Many 18th century composers worked in conditions antithetical to creativity, writes Sally Melhuish. Some triumphed regardless.

April 26, 2024
news

Salut! Baroque unveils 2024 Concert Series

Composers saluted, of course, but this series also doffs a hat to the historians, influences and networkers of the Baroque.

November 28, 2023
Classical Music
features

Musical Briefing: Period Performance

What does period performance mean? And what does it take to be HIP in classical music?

July 27, 2023
Chamber
features

The art of ornamentation

Advice dating back to the court of Frederick the Great still stands for students of Historically Informed Performance.

July 18, 2023
Chamber
features

Sweet Melodies and Angry Tempests

Salut! Baroque's Sally Melhuish explains how competition and rivalry became a catalyst for creativity in English music.

April 18, 2023
Chamber, Orchestral
news

Salut! Baroque announces 2023 concert season

Salut! Baroque pays tribute to the art of improvisation and the fascinating phases and fashions of baroque music in its 2023 concert series.

January 23, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music
features

The New World and Spanish Baroque

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.

August 5, 2022
Classical Music
features

Musical Moonlighters

COVID has laid bare the struggle between creativity and livelihood, but similar challenges existed for Baroque composers.

April 20, 2022
Classical Music
features

Saluting forgotten female composers of centuries past

Sally Melhuish, Artistic Director of Salut! Baroque, shines a light on Portraits of Marianna Martines, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Maddalena Casulana.

February 10, 2022
Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: The Special Collection (Salut! Baroque)

Some toast-worthy vintages from Baroque ensemble’s cellar.

January 7, 2021

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