The playing of the 30-piece international orchestra was something to marvel at.
The Boston Globe

[Boston], already a center of the early-music movement, becomes its mecca when this acclaimed biennial gathering brings hundreds more musicians, instrument makers, scholars, and publishers to town.
The New York Times

This wasn’t just early-music performance. It was music-making at a high level.
The Berkshire Eagle

It is good to know that [BEMF has] always used each accomplishment as a steppingstone to something even better. The city and the world of music owe these people a debt of gratitude.
The Boston Globe

A dozen times since 1981 Boston has played host to the early-music equivalent of the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Stanley Cup and the NBA playoffs all rolled into one. The Patriot Ledger I don’t see how anyone into great music could pass this up. The Gainsville Sun BEMF operas set the gold standard for sophistication, elegance and artistic sensibility. The Boston Herald

For fans and performers of early music, [Boston] is a paradise for a week every other June, when the Boston Early Music Festival sets up its combination concert marathon and trade show.
The New York Times