Reviews and occasional notes on classical music

Reviews and occasional notes on classical music

"Music, both vocall and instrumental, so good, so delectable, so rare, so admirable, so super excellent, that it did even ravish and stupifie all those strangers that never heard the like." - Thomas Coryat, after hearing 3 hours of music at the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice, 1608.

About Music for Several Instruments

The background image of Music for Several Instruments is "Musicerend gezelschap, bij nacht",  by Jan de Jonge, 1701, from the Rijksmuseum.

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