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A Banquet of Music 40 Years Banchetto Musicale, 1977. Back row, left to right: Martin Pearlman, harpsichord/director (seated), Anthony Martin, violin, Dick van Kleeck, horn, Stephen Hammer, oboe, Sarah Cunningham, violone, Jeanne Lamon, violin, Daniel Stepner, violin, Laura Jeppesen, viola, Nancy Joyce, flute, Judy Gerratt, violin. Front, left to right: Jean Rife, horn, Ruth Rubinow, cello, Carol Epple, flute, Kenneth Roth, oboe. MARTIN PEARLMAN ﬁrst began performing with a group of musical friends as Banchetto Musicale during the 1973-74 season, nobody- certainly not Pearlman-could imagine the Baroque performance world as it exists today. "It was 1973," Pearlman says. "Those were the days before anyone was told to make long range plans, and I had no idea where it was going to lead." It was a time when recordings on period instruments were hard to come By Keith Powers by, when performances were largely relegated to academic settings-when even standard pitches for instruments were not quite settled. Since its opening season, Boston Baroque has gone on to establish itself as one of the foremost period instrument America's first period instrument orchestra, Boston Baroque got its start with a different name in what now seems like a far away era. But all the ingredients were there for long-term success. 36 Winter 2013 Early Music America W HEN orchestras in the world. Founded and still directed by Martin Pearlman, the group has more than two dozen recordings, ﬁrst on Telarc and now on Linn Records, and three Grammy nominations. It has done modern-day premieres of works by Mozart and others, and performs an opera every season. Boston Baroque was the ﬁrst period instrument ensemble to perform at Carnegie Hall, the ﬁrst period orchestra at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, has performed at Ravinia, in Disney Hall, and at Tanglewood, and has toured in Europe. "Playing on period instruments was just getting started," Pearlman recalls, thinking back to the late '60s. "There were just a few period instrument groups starting up, mainly in Europe. Concentus Musicus Wien had been established

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Early Music America Winter 2013

Editor's Note
Reader Forum
Sound Bytes
Musings: Time Traveling with Instruments
Profile: Pure Gold: Beiliang Zhu
Recording Reviews
Let's put on a... Zarzuela!
A Banquet of Music 40 Years in the Serving
Honoring Krebs
Book Reviews
Ad Index
In Conclusion: Dido and Aeneas Reconsidered

Early Music America Winter 2013