Author Archives: Michael Costa

Hear Rachel Podger on KDFC

By Michael Costa | Published: March 16, 2013
Guest leader Rachel Podger led Philharmonia Baroque's musicians with an "infectiously cheerful spirit" in "the joy of making music" last night. Hear an interview with her on KDFC's The State of the Arts.
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Bruce Lamott on KRBC 12/7 at 12:30

By Michael Costa | Published: December 7, 2012
Bruce Lamott, director of the Philharmonia Chorale, will be interviewed today, December 7, at 12:30 pm on KRCB radio about upcoming Messiah performances.
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Recording

By Michael Costa | Published: February 13, 2011
Philharmonia Baroque Productions releases new Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recording Beginning March 8, you can hear the incomparable Lorraine Hunt Lieberson...
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Violist Aaron Westman’s passion for early music

By Michael Costa | Published: January 19, 2011
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat features Philharmonia Baroque’s own violist Aaron Westman in a recent article about his passion for...
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David Tayler and his theorbo

By Michael Costa | Published: January 13, 2011
As Philharmonia Baroque prepares to present its next concerts this weekend featuring countertenor David Daniels, theorbo player David Tayler is...
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A new record label & Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

By Michael Costa | Published: January 13, 2011
As part of its 30th Anniversary Season, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra announced yesterday the start of its own recording label –...
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Missed the Philharmonia Baroque on the BBC – listen online!

By Michael Costa | Published: January 4, 2011
“[T]he program was as fresh and exciting as it had been when I first heard it,” writes the Examiner.com’s Stephen...
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Philharmonia does Mozart on the BBC

By Michael Costa | Published: December 26, 2010
Mark your calendars. On January 3rd, at 22:30 GMT (2:30 Pacific), BBC Radio 3 will be presenting Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s...
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Messiah was a “triumph”!

By Michael Costa | Published: December 14, 2010
Critics praised artful balance achieve in the four nuanced performances of Handel's Messiah delivered by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Philharmonia Chorale under Nic McGegan's direction.
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Bruce Lamott on Messiah performance

By Michael Costa | Published: December 3, 2010
If you missed Philharmonia Chorale Director Bruce Lamott’s entertaining romp through the history of performance practice in Messiah yesterday on...
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Congratulations, Nic! Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

By Michael Costa | Published: October 29, 2010
On Friday, October 29, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, formally made Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s...
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