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Lakes Area Music Festival will present the program “Minerva of the North” on Sunday, Feb. 5, at Trinity Lutheran in Brainerd. The event will feature baroque instrumental and vocal repertoire.
Minnesota s Lyra Baroque brings 17th-century music into the Zoom era The chamber ensemble Lyra Baroque embraces technology as an opportunity for interaction.
By ROB HUBBARD Special to the Star Tribune January 21, 2021 11:18am Text size Copy shortlink: Turn on original sound. That s a button you might notice when teleconferencing on Zoom. It s used by musicians, allowing their instruments to flow forth freely without the Zoom speech filters that often get confused by music.
But it s also an appropriate description for Lyra Baroque, the Twin Cities-based chamber orchestra that performs in the HiP style.
What is HiP ? It stands for historically informed performance, meaning the musicians use instruments similar to those played in the Baroque era of the 17th and 18th centuries. Gut strings, wooden flutes, harpsichords Lyra aspires toward the original sound.
Rochester-area organizations are keeping the music alive with livestreams, special video greetings and more.
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Rick Kvam, left, and Jon Coker rehearse Christmas Gregorian chants on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, outside Kvam’s home in Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
Music, especially classical music, has long been a vital part of Christmas traditions. There s something special about dressing up a little and attending a live holiday performance of a choral ensemble, symphony or orchestra.
This year, however, with the pandemic continuing to ravage communities, that s just not feasible.
But that doesn t mean the music has died. Quite the contrary.