It is the most modern of early instruments. Mastering it requires effort and a great deal of passion. Five organists —ranging ...

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 ...

5BMF's original 2020-21 season included a late-fall presentation of the complete sonatas for violin and harpsichord by J.S. Bach, performed by violinist Monica Huggett and keyboardist Elliot Figg.

The Kensington Baroque Chamber Players will perform 17th and 18th century music at the Rancho Bernardo Library, with some musicians using instruments hundreds of years old. The free, hour-long concert ...

Baroque specialist Nicholas McGegan brought his Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to the Krannert Center's Foellinger Great Hall on Feb. 16 for a concert of music by George Frideric Handel. Last May, ...

‘I didn’t set out to create an institution,’ says music director Martin Pearlman. But that’s exactly what this group has become. The early music movement was in its fledgling days in 1973. That’s when ...

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 ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. Fans ...

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Why baroque music still moves us today Baroque music, with its ornate textures, dramatic contrasts, and emotional depth, continues to captivate listeners centuries after its peak. From historically ...