Escape to the stage with Ann Ford (1737-1824)! When British socialite Ann Ford's father demanded that she marry a man 30-years her senior (who had attempted to pay for her hand in marriage), she was desperate to find a way out. With money she borrowed from her well-to-do friends, Ann rented out some of London's […]
Escape to the stage with Ann Ford (1737-1824)! When British socialite Ann Ford's father demanded that she marry a man 30-years her senior (who had attempted to pay for her hand in marriage), she was desperate to find a way out. With money she borrowed from her well-to-do friends, Ann rented out some of London's […]
In a lavish room of a fairytale-worthy German castle, August and his five children sat in a semi-circle, each with a viol in hand. Their mother, Sophie, sat in the middle, leading the family consort. Taking Albert Freyse's painting of August, Sophie and their children making music together as a point of departure, The Family […]
In a lavish room of a fairytale-worthy German castle, August and his five children sat in a semi-circle, each with a viol in hand. Their mother, Sophie, sat in the middle, leading the family consort. Taking Albert Freyse's painting of August, Sophie and their children making music together as a point of departure, The Family […]
Presented by Early Music Hawaii In 1582, four teenage Japanese boys of noble birth set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyushu and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daiymo, or feudal lords, who had converted to Christianity. Known collectively […]
Presented by Early Music Hawaii In 1582, four teenage Japanese boys of noble birth set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyushu and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daiymo, or feudal lords, who had converted to Christianity. Known collectively […]