The conductor transforming period performance
The conductor transforming period performance The conductor Francois-Xavier Roth at the Philharmonie de Paris, June 15, 2021. Roth says that his ensemble, Les Siecles, shows that it has finally become possible for a single orchestra to perform all the different repertoires on all the appropriate instruments. Jonas Unger/The New York Times. by David Allen (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Think of the period or historically informed performance movement, and the mind probably turns to Monteverdi, Bach, Handel. The first advocates for performances on original instruments post-World War II insurg...