(in)sight-reading enlightenment/early music podcast

Hello dear friends! Welcome to our brand new podcast dedicated to sight-reading. Why sight-reading? We want to show the behind-the-scenes of music-making. We begin each episode with our initial thoughts on a new score as well as musings about style, aesthetics, and instruments. We challenge ourselves to apply our understanding of historical practices to achieve a more musical reading of a given text. Whether you are amateur musicians looking for tips on sight-reading and insight into historical performance or a seasoned musician, we would be happy if you joined us.

(in)sight-reading enlightenment/early music podcast is a music podcast hosted by Darina Ablogina, with 76 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Darina Ablogina hosts (in)sight-reading enlightenment/early music podcast, a music show with 76 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  Reinoud Van Mechelen: 🌙 From Morning to Night

  Dec 29, 202538 minS6

  <p>🎧 Season finale | (In)Sight-Reading Enlightenment</p><p>What does it mean to perform Baroque music today?</p><p>In the final episode of Season 6, I speak with Belgian tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen, founder and artistic director of a nocte temporis, about navigating the early music world between iconic masterpieces and forgotten jewels. We talk about festivals, opera characters, curating programs from morning to night, and how to stay fresh when performing the same repertoire again and again.</p><p>While editing this episode, one thought kept returning: the audience doesn’t come to check if we are right or wrong —...

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  Special Series for zamus: Why We Gather – Behind the zamus Symposium

  Oct 8, 202519 minS0

  <p>In this final episode of our zamus mini-series, we meet two of the driving forces behind the “Creating New Spaces” symposium: Charlotte Nachtsheim, organiser of the event, and Mélanie Froehly artistic director of zamus. Together with the artistic director of the festival Midori Seiler they have shaped the structure of the symposium and brought this idea come true.</p><p>We speak with Charlotte about the meaning of colonialism and decolonialism in the context of early music—how the field is shaped by its history, and what it means to rethink that history in today’s world. Can early mus...

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  Special Series for zamus: Troubled Texts, Critical Questions – Inside Critical Classics

  Oct 8, 202523 minS0

  <p>In this second episode of our zamus mini-series, we take a deep dive into the work of Critical Classics—an initiative that rethinks how we perform historical operas and oratorios by addressing racism, exoticism, and other forms of discrimination embedded in the original texts.</p><p>We’re joined by Leyla Ercan, co-initiator of the project, and Änne-Marthe Kühn, dramaturge and researcher, who reflect on how theatre can both reveal and reproduce harmful narratives. Together, they share the origins of the project, their guiding principles, and what it means to reframe canonical works like The Magic Flute in a way...

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  Special Series for zamus: Decolonial Futures and Forgotten Origins

  Oct 8, 202529 minS0

  <p>In this opening episode of our special series with zamus for the “Creating New Spaces” Decolonisation Symposium, we explore the colonial shadows cast over the world of early music. Historian and activist Dr. Rahab Njeri speaks about decolonial aesthetics and the need to reclaim artistic spaces through marginalized and indigenous forms of knowledge.</p><p>https://frauengeschichtsverein.de/2023/08/22/dr-des-rahab-njeri/</p><p>We then turn to musician and researcher Jorge Silva, who guides us through the African and South American origins of familiar Baroque dances. What colonial narratives are hidden in the elegant sarabande—and what happens when we start to lis...

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  Episode #11

  Taste of Dissonance – Rachel Brown (Part 2)

  Sep 30, 202538 minS6

  <p>In this second part of my conversation with the internationally acclaimed flutist, researcher, and author Rachel Brown, we continue our journey into the world of 18th-century flute culture.</p><p>We speak about the flute makers who shaped the sound of our time, the virtuoso players of the 18th century and their repertoire, and the surprising way dissonance can be described in terms of taste experiences. Our conversation also touches on the role of historical clothing and why women were often excluded from playing wind instruments, and Rachel shares her own creative voice as a composer, including her projects i...

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