On the 350th anniversary of his death, we remember the life and work of composer Giacomo Carissimi, who for many years was music master and in charge of liturgies at the Collegium Germanicum et ...

Italian composer, sacred oratorio master and priest Giacomo Carissimi responded to the tumult of the mid-17th century by setting the deeply moving stories of biblical prophets — and their sacrifices — ...

Giacomo Carissimi was one of the most celebrated Italian composers of the 17th century, famous as a pioneer of the oratorio. Catherine Bott, a self-confessed Carissimi enthusiast, celebrates the 400th ...

In these enlightened times, we can see the importance of Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674) in the development of Italian music drama; he is one of the missing links, in terms of opera and oratorio, ...

Tolle Sponsa Michel Corboz, Conductor Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus Giacomo Carissimi, Composer O vulnera doloris Michel Corboz, Conductor Giacomo ...

Just when you think that wonders have nearly ceased in the world of early music, along come Les Voix Baroques, a small cluster of six singers and two players - a keyboard and a plucked string - to ...

The Christian season of Lent signifies giving up things, like abstaining from something you enjoy or keeping decorations more minimal and muted. So perhaps enhancing your Lenten experience would be ...

Tafelmusik continued its fall season rather sweetly Wednesday night, with a mainly choral and vocal concert celebrating the sacred music of Rome, performed by its Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra, ...

Many of his scores have been lost, so it’s hard to tell that Roman Giacomo Carissimi was one of the most celebrated composers of his day.

Vespro della beata Vergine Concerto Palatino Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel, Conductor Virgilio Mazzocchi, Composer Exsurge cor meum Cantus Cölln Giacomo Carissimi, Composer Concerto Palatino Konrad ...