Kenneth Goldsmith’s 1690 Albanus violin. Photo by St. John Flynn. This evening at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, faculty and students present “Sharing the Spotlight,” a recital of works ...

Curious about the long neck sticking up from the orchestra pit during the Houston Grand Opera's performances of The Coronation of Poppea? It belongs to a theorbo, a member of the lute family. The ...

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 ...

If the instruments were exotic, the music played was mostly top-hit Baroque pieces. Two of Handel's most familiar works were performed, the 1717 "Water Music Suite in F" and the 1748 "Music for the ...

After 25 years of musical performance in the city perhaps you are familiar with our work – if not read on we may surprise you ...

Maestro Michael Sand has been Angelo Moreno’s “Baroque Musical Mentor” for the past 30 years and what better way to express his thanks than by throwing a concert at the Richard Brunelle Performance ...

Fans of classical music may have a go-to composer, time period, or genre, and with so much falling under the “classical music” umbrella it’s a great feeling to find a particular piece or style that ...

The sound of the harpsichord – that genteel instrument that conjures up images of the powdered wigs and embroidered waistcoats of the Baroque era – hooked Karen Flint while studying organ at Oberlin ...

Orange — Baroque music may not strike the average casual music fan but the 17th- and early 18th-century style of music has certainly struck a chord with a group of young musicians known as ...

Resounding beauties : the beauty of sound / Franca Falletti -- Mucial instrument collections in Renaissance and Baroque Italy / Renato Meucci -- Italian musical instruments in Europe : the dynamics of ...

Opening this store has been my dream for many years. In 2017 I finally took the plunge. I hope you will come in and try the huge variety of acoustic folk, ethnic and baroque instruments. When was the ...