“There is a reason why the ensemble Piffaro from the USA has been invited back so many times to Regensburg. Few other instrumental ensembles of the early music scene, with their knowledge and wonderful programming, can excite audiences the way they do. Not only was the program itself fascinating, but also the enormous variety of instrumental color, with which Piffaro took the audience through the different musical styles and periods. This concert is the best example of how lively and exciting early music can be. The Reichssaal rocked!”

“From start to finish, the concert showed Piffaro to be playing not just at its historic best but to be considered among the finest period instruments ensembles in the world.”

“nothing felt obscure, severe, or even very distant”

“The chance, then, to hear the renowned visiting Piffaro, and their instruments — recorders, shawms, sackbuts, bagpipes, dulcians and so on — was potentially a once-in-a-lifetime experience… It was all magnificent.”

“Piffaro offered performances that enhanced its already high reputation for playing that is both technically polished and interpretively compelling. Timbres were tart, rhythms were precise and energetic, balance was superb, and the occasionally somber mood of some of the texts was always projected with warmth and lyricism.”