The New York Times | 6/24/2014 | Early Music and Its Future

The new Early Music Festival: NYC, which ended last week, gives reason for cautious hope. You can’t be categorical about its prospects one way or the other, because several more or less similar ventures have come and gone in recent years.

But it is also clear that times are changing, and the current climate seems propitious. To a critic who used to lament with some regularity the lack of a vibrant early-music scene in New York, comparable to those in Boston and San Francisco — let alone, say, London and Cologne — the last decade has proved astounding.

REVIEWS, Concert ReviewsBeth BeauchampJune 23, 2014Green Mountain Project, 2014, New York Times, vespers

The Boston Globe | 6/19/2014 | Green Mountain’s Vespers setting suited to a saint

We know Monteverdi as, among other things, the composer of the “Vespro della Beata Virgine,” commonly known as the “Vespers of 1610.” It is by many leagues his most renowned piece of sacred music, and one of the great liturgy settings of the 17th century. Yet treating the “Vespers” as a stable, discrete work is deceptive. Since it entered the canon, debates over its nature, purpose, even its actual component parts have arisen, persisting to this day. This provides opportunities for fresh thinking and rediscovery, not only about this piece but also about the context that gave rise to it.

Gramophone | Uno+One

Monteverdi sung by twins? You could jump to that conclusion hearing this disc of vocal duets by Tenet’s perfectly matched sopranos Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, who could pass for sisters in the booklet photos. (…) They converge into what often feels like a single sound, aided by their near-telepathic musical rapport.

CD REVIEWS, REVIEWSBeth BeauchampApril 1, 2014Uno + One

Classical Ear | Uno + One

Drawing on their considerable performing experience, New York-based early music group Tenet have produced a well-rounded and impeccably performed collection of lesser-know canzonette and instrumental works by Monteverdi and his Italian contemporaries.

REVIEWS, CD REVIEWSBeth BeauchampMarch 14, 2014Uno + One, Classical Ear, 2014

The New York Times | 1/3/2011 | Worth a Reprise at 401

Concert Reviews, REVIEWSBeth BeauchampJanuary 3, 2011