Last May, McGegan was here to conduct the Sinfonia da Camera in the Mark Morris production of Handel's "Acis and Galatea." But this was the first appearance here of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, ...

Hurdy-gurdies, lutes and the occasional sackbut: For 14 years, the College of William and Mary’s Early Music Ensemble has brought medieval, renaissance and baroque music to life with reproductions of ...

For its fourth annual baroque concert, the Sarasota-Manatee Bach Festival is going "authentic." All of the chamber music selection will be performed on period instruments. "This is wonderful ...

For a long time, Baroque music on “period” instruments was a specialty for an effete few, but no more — at least in the Vermont-New Hampshire Upper Valley. This past weekend, the Upper Valley Chamber ...

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 ...

AT A recent BBC Proms concert, a French choir and orchestra named Pygmalion performed Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, a baroque masterpiece. The audience can be forgiven for not being ...

The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra combines Baroque music with narration by actors. Provided to China Daily The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, a Toronto-based group of performers of authentic Baroque ...

The New World Symphony will travel back a few centuries next weekend for a Baroque Festival at the Lincoln Theatre in Miami Beach, covering German, English, French and Italian repertoire. Nicolas ...

It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music. The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental ...

THE BBC Radio 3 Autumn series of Sunday afternoon recitals consists of eight events ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. THE BBC Radio 3 Autumn series of Sunday afternoon recitals consists of ...

Historically driven performance practice has been slowly leeching into mainstream classical stages for years. But this trend is not enough for those who insist on authenticity in the instruments ...