It’s not all about the Brandenburg Concertos – but it’s a good place to start! Discover the magic behind Bach’s fantastic Baroque orchestral music. Of Bach’s mammoth output of more than 1100 ...

You may have played one (badly) in primary school... But the recorder is actually one of the most agile and sophisticated instruments of the baroque period. With its sweet, soothing, woody tone, and ...

The feisty red-headed priest, Antonio Vivaldi, really did write some 500 concertos. Six of them were for recorder. We take you to Toronto where Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra is in concert with recorder ...

Everybody loves the flute. Along with the drum, it's among the oldest of musical instruments, going back 35,000 to 40,000 years. In those days, they made flutes from bear bones, mammoth tusks and ...

On Nov. 18-20, 2022, Chatham Baroque will present The Virtuoso Recorder, a program of sparkling concertos and sonatas for recorder and strings from Baroque Italy, featuring Chatham Baroque and ...

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are six masterpieces of intricacy and lightness that require virtuostic playing and differ tremendously in their scoring. This weekend, the Meyerson’s voluminous hall will ...

The recorder isn’t often featured in modern orchestras, but it takes center stage on this week’s program by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. With Marion Verbruggen as soloist, the early music ...

In 1721 Bach dedicated a set of six remarkable concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. On Sunday November 14th, the Irish Baroque Orchestra (IBO) celebrates that 300th anniversary and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio —Move over dueling banjos and pianos – dueling baroque concertos are taking center stage in early August. Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra is presenting “Fencing Match,” the premiere of ...

Listen to this effect in J.S. Bach's 'Badinerie' from Suite No. 2. The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a longer ...