ALTO CommunicationsMar 81 minALTO WORLD - SOUTH KOREAHaedong Yonggungsa Temple, Busan South Korea, a country of 51 million, is west of Japan. According to archeological evidence of tool...
ALTO CommunicationsMar 31 min#4 JapanKyoto North of Saipan, Japan consists of four major Islands, the largest being Honshu where the capital Tokyo is located....
ALTO CommunicationsFeb 231 min#3 SaipanSaipan is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean,1,500 miles south of Japan. There is archeological evidence of habitation by the...
ALTO CommunicationsJan 281 min#2 CanadaALTO WORLD - CANADA Before the arrival of European settlers in what is now known as Canada, it populated by indigenous tribes, each with...
ALTO CommunicationsDec 1, 20212 minInaugural Post: ALTO World - USAALTO WORLD This blog briefly describes the history and culture of each of the countries participating in the ALTO program. Starting with...
ALTO CommunicationsAug 17, 20211 minDavis High School Baroque EnsembleTour of Austria and Italy - 2017 Program: Bach - Brandenburg 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y4z3xsM7mM Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso...
ALTO CommunicationsAug 10, 20211 minEuropean Union Baroque OrchestraProgram: Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDzek3VOvY Bach - Brandenburg 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJvPA...
ALTO CommunicationsAug 3, 20211 minHesperion XXIHesperion XXI Music from the early Baroque Program: Monteverdi - Toccata, L'Orfeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqehBLTqtPY Antonio...
ALTO CommunicationsJul 27, 20211 minAcademy of Ancient MusicAcademy of Ancient Music https://www.aam.co.uk/we-are-aam/ Program: Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
ALTO CommunicationsJul 20, 20211 minL'ArpeggiataL'Arpeggiata https://www.arpeggiata.com/about-arpeggiata Program: Antonio Soler - Fandango SOLER ANTONIO 1729 1783 Fandango L'Arpeggiata,...
ALTO CommunicationsJul 13, 20211 minVoices of MusicVoices of Music https://www.voicesofmusic.org/ Program: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3smZ...
ALTO CommunicationsJul 6, 20211 minApollo's FireThe next few posts are all hypothetical 'concert programs', each by a well known period instrument ensemble. Each post includes music...
ALTO CommunicationsJun 28, 20211 minEarly Music Monday - Baroque Musical InstrumentsThe following videos describe the most frequently used keyboard, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments used during the...
ALTO CommunicationsJun 7, 20213 min17thc. & 18thc. Music in 'Nueva España', and 'Brasil Colonial'“Slaves Carrying a Sedan Chair' (Palaquin), Brazil, c.1760 Spain - Nueva España, and Portugal - Brasil Colonial, introduced European...
ALTO CommunicationsMay 31, 20212 min18thc. Music in England - 2Vauxhall Gardens, one of several pleasure gardens in London, was open to the public as a commercial venue that hosted an array of...
ALTO CommunicationsMay 24, 20212 min18thc. Music in England - 1Music for the Royal Fireworks On 27th April, 1749, Handel conducted the first performance of his 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' in Green...
ALTO CommunicationsMay 17, 20213 min18thc. Music in Germany - 2J S Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 - Allegro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtIJvA2f1U Georg Philipp Telemann was the most prolific...
ALTO CommunicationsMay 10, 20213 min18thc. Music in Germany - 1J S Bach is the best known composer from the Baroque period. His prolific output includes works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo...
ALTO CommunicationsMay 3, 20212 min18thc. Music in France - 2'The Delights of Life', Watteau, c.1720. Chamber Music Although Rameau dominated music in France in the 18thc, there were other well...
ALTO CommunicationsApr 19, 20212 min18th c. Music France – 1Jean-Philippe Rameau was the best known composer in France during the 18thc. He composed the music for 20+ operas, and chamber music for...