When it comes to Baroque music, very little is written on the page, so it's up to the musicians to imagine and bring their own ideas to light. That's one reason Caroline Shaw was so excited to write ...

Boston Baroque, a homegrown early music orchestra, has been playing period instruments since 1973 — the first ensemble to do so in the U.S. Plenty of people have never seen or heard these rare strings ...

GRAMMY-nominated Countertenor Reginald Mobley, who sang at the coronation of King Charles III in May 2023, interprets Vivaldi's rendition of the 13th century poem Stabat Mater, a meditation on sorrow, ...

Back in 2002, conductor Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra hit the highway for their first extended U.S. tour — and they packed more than just their instruments. Their bus was stocked with ...

For the holiday season, Jeanette Sorrel conducts the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, Apollo's Fire, in a performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Each day this week, Performance Today is presenting the ...

The word "baroque" comes from the Portuguese "barroco" meaning "misshapen pearl," and is defined as a style or period of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the 17th century to ...

It’s said that being a musician takes guts. In the case of Baroque musicians who play on period instruments, the saying is literally true. Players who strive for historical accuracy in performances of ...

Stories of falling head over heels for an instrument are not unusual. What is unusual is love at first sight — or sound — when that instrument is the theorbo. In fact, it was the combination of both ...

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Two things you might not expect on a Seattle Baroque Orchestra program: a contemporary work and an Iranian tar. You’ll find both in this weekend’s pair of Seattle Baroque Orchestra concerts, at 8 p.m.

This year's Tallinn feat. Reval festival will once again hone in on early music and its instruments. Speaking to "Terevisioon," flautist and festival organizer Reet Sukk explained how a Renaissance ...