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Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major with Lang Lang and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, New York, in 2010. Note the performers' nineteenth-century violins.
"MUSIC; Now This Late Word on the Early Music Debate"
Through conversations with early-music performers, Nicholas Kenyon summarizes the the early-music movement and the debate as to whether early music should be performed with contemporary instruments or modern instruments.
Portative organ in action
A recording by Canadian musician Peter Pringle demonstrating a portative organ in action.
Portative organ, modern recreation
A portative organ built in Germany in 1979.
Portative organ played by dragon, medieval
Portable organ (portative organ) played by a monstrous creature in a medieval manuscript miniature (British Library Royal 15 D III, f. 506, winged grotesque).
). The man is playing the portable organ (his right hand is pressing down the keys); the…
). The man is playing the portable organ (his right hand is pressing down the keys); the…
Portative organ, medieval
Portable organ (portative organ) and harp in a medieval manuscript miniature (British Library MS. Harley 334, f. 25v). The man is playing the portable organ (his right hand is pressing down the keys); the harp lies on the ground beside him.
Angels with scrolls, angel with rainbow with St. John
A framed miniature of John, seated with an open book and the thunders above him; angels with scrolls to his right and left speak to him and in the centre, a tall angel stands with one foot in the water and a rainbow over his head, holding an open…
Angel watching the slaying of clerics
A framed miniature from the Commentary: three men with swords kill three clerics and their souls rise up as birds; on the right a king watches, smiling and holding a sword. On the left in a spired building Christ is a quatrefoil looks down on an…
Angels blowing trumpet, standing in water, holding scroll
A framed miniature of an angel with a trumpet and four smaller angels standing in water (the Euphrates); an angel above emerges from a cloud, holding a scroll and Christ is in a mandorla blessing a chalice.
Angel blowing trumpet
A framed miniature of an angel blowing a trumpet and three winged horses with kings' heads and insects beneath.
Angels pouring fire, blowing trumpet
A framed miniature of two angels, one emptying fire from a censer on an altar with the thunders above and the other angel blowing a trumpet, with fire falling to earth from above.
Group of angels with trumpet and thurible
A framed miniature with John outside the frame and a group of angels receiving a trumpet from another angel on the left and an angel holding a gold incense bearer on the right. In the middle is Christ enthroned in a mandorla.
Angel or Christ?
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the four beasts and Peter, Paul and John on…
Angel with first seal
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:1-2: the opening of the first seal, with John on the left and an angel with the seal, pointing to the rider on a white horse, who is holding a bow and arrow.
Angel with scroll
A framed miniature of John with Christ holding books and an angel holding a scroll containing a letter.
David harping, in Additional 42130, f. 13
"Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping, miniature of the Virgin and Child in the lower margin, with a monkey" (British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Catalogue)
The Great Khan's Palace, Harley 3954 f. 46
Harley 3954 f. 46 depicts the lavish palace of the Great Khan, described--among others--by Franciscan travellers to the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century, and gleefully described and ornamented by the Mandeville-narrator (Campbell 124-127).
Constantinople, Harley 3954 f. 3
In Harley 3954 f. 3, the city of Constantinople and its statues and monuments are depicted, here, with the watching pilgrim.
Biblical quotations within Mandeville's text, Harley 3954 f. 21v
Harley 3954, f. 21v, interweaves the geography of the Holy Land with biblical quotations, setting these out in red to draw the reader’s attention