The similarities between baroque music and jazz are obvious enough: the centrality of improvisation, of course; the freedom given to performers who extrapolate from lead sheets or figured bass lines ...

Wen Yang became a fan of Baroque music while earning her master's degree at the Yale School of Music. She was especially drawn to the idea of performing with period instruments—either antiques or high ...

Mercury Baroque, one of the country’s foremost period instrument orchestras, will perform Vivaldi’s “L’Estro Armonico” on March 25 at The John Cooper School Performing Arts Center. Founded as a ...

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.

The Manoel Theatre has acquired rare baroque musical instruments left by the late instrument builder George Debono. They include a 1888 Broadwood piano, two Viola da Gambas, a bowed string instrument ...

To play Baroque music, artists usually use original instruments for an authentic sound. Many of these instruments are little known to a larger To play Baroque music, artists usually use original ...

Manoel Theatre has just inherited a number of rare and valuable instruments, left by George Debono, which date back to the Baroque era. The instruments include a Broadwood piano which dates back to ...

Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital and premier historically informed ensemble Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale ...

People tend to think of technology, especially music technology, as a gradual series of improvements. The ancient bull's horn evolved into the bugle, which sprouted keys and became the trumpet. But ...

What makes the programming of this show so alluring is although Mendelssohn was considered a romantic composer and Haydn had emerged from the baroque period, there are so many parallels in the way the ...

Founded as a chamber ensemble, Mercury Baroque’s world-class musicians performs authentic period music on historically appropriate instruments. A big hit in Europe, the sound is just blossoming in the ...