Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Tenet Vocal Artists marked the 450th anniversary of the German Baroque composer Michael Praetorius’s birth, and the 400th of his death.

From the earliest days of Christianity, the notion of “offices” — devoting particular hours of the day to community prayer — was a key part of its culture. One of the most ancient offices was evening ...

Early Music Vancouver is ringing in some changes to its annual Christmas offering. After 11 years of Festive Bach Cantatas, devoted to works by J.S. Bach, the repertoire is opening up to different ...

February 15th marked the 400 th anniversary of Michael Praetorius’s death. It passed without fanfare or flourish, though this musical titan was a master of both. His gifts served the devotional, but, ...

Praetorius CHRISTMAS VESPERS Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of ...

In the early 17th century the German composer, organist and music theorist Michael Praetorius compiled an encyclopaedia cataloguing every aspect of music in his time. Andrew Manze dips into the book ...

The Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players present a 17th-century Christmas concert, inviting audiences to experience the festive atmosphere of a candlelit Christmas Eve in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, in ...

Audiences attending an Early Music Vancouver concert this month will be transported back in time through music to a sunset service in a Lutheran Church in Germany over 400 years ago — but without the ...

Eisenach in Thuringia, part of what was the old East Germany, is one of those pretty towns you find in the region. The march of post-war modernisation passed it by. With its half-timbered houses, it ...

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Luther’s example inspired Christian composers to fill the church with the finest music they could create. Music flourished in German Protestant churches after the passing of Martin Luther. For the ...