ALTO WORLD - NORWAY
Norway is predominately mountainous, with a coastline broken by huge fjords and thousands of small islands. The country is home to the...
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ALTO Communications
- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
ALTO WORLD - Republic of SERBIA
Medieval Castle, Golubac, river Danube. Serbia is a mountainous country in central Europe in an area known as the 'Balkans'. Belgrade...
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ALTO Communications
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
ALTO WORLD - INDIA
17thc. Madras trading post - the origin of the city of Chennai. India has a population of 1.38 billion people, and many different...
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ALTO Communications
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
ALTO WORLD - SOUTH KOREA
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Busan South Korea, a country of 51 million, is west of Japan. According to archeological evidence of tool...
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ALTO Communications
- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
#4 Japan
Kyoto North of Saipan, Japan consists of four major Islands, the largest being Honshu where the capital Tokyo is located....
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ALTO Communications
- Feb 22, 2022
- 1 min
#3 Saipan
Saipan is a small island in the western Pacific Ocean,1,500 miles south of Japan. There is archeological evidence of habitation by the...
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ALTO Communications
- Jan 28, 2022
- 1 min
#2 Canada
ALTO WORLD - CANADA Before the arrival of European settlers in what is now known as Canada, it populated by indigenous tribes, each with...
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ALTO Communications
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Inaugural Post: ALTO World - USA
ALTO WORLD This blog briefly describes the history and culture of each of the countries participating in the ALTO program. Starting with...
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ALTO Communications
- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Davis High School Baroque Ensemble
Tour of Austria and Italy - 2017 Program: Bach - Brandenburg 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y4z3xsM7mM Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso...
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ALTO Communications
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Program: Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDzek3VOvY Bach - Brandenburg 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJvPA...
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ALTO Communications
- Aug 3, 2021
- 1 min
Hesperion XXI
Hesperion XXI Music from the early Baroque Program: Monteverdi - Toccata, L'Orfeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqehBLTqtPY Antonio...
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ALTO Communications
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music https://www.aam.co.uk/we-are-aam/ Program: Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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ALTO Communications
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
L'Arpeggiata
L'Arpeggiata https://www.arpeggiata.com/about-arpeggiata Program: Antonio Soler - Fandango SOLER ANTONIO 1729 1783 Fandango L'Arpeggiata,...
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ALTO Communications
- Jul 13, 2021
- 1 min
Voices of Music
Voices of Music https://www.voicesofmusic.org/ Program: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3smZ...
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ALTO Communications
- Jul 6, 2021
- 1 min
Apollo's Fire
The next few posts are all hypothetical 'concert programs', each by a well known period instrument ensemble. Each post includes music...
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ALTO Communications
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Early Music Monday - Baroque Musical Instruments
The following videos describe the most frequently used keyboard, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments used during the...
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ALTO Communications
- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
17thc. & 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...
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ALTO Communications
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
18thc. Music in England - 2
Vauxhall Gardens, one of several pleasure gardens in London, was open to the public as a commercial venue that hosted an array of...
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ALTO Communications
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
18thc. Music in England - 1
Music for the Royal Fireworks On 27th April, 1749, Handel conducted the first performance of his 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' in Green...
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ALTO Communications
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
18thc. Music in Germany - 2
J S Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 - Allegro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtIJvA2f1U Georg Philipp Telemann was the most prolific...
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