It’s the first of April and we are welcoming a special guest (believe us: you will know him when you hear him). He introduces us to a fascinating mix of early music and Renaissance era instruments and ...
(L-R) Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley. Photo by Sarah Scott. Courtesy of the artists. Audio production by Todd “Todd Rundgren” Hulslander with harshing of mellows by Dacia Clay and editing by ...
La Follia presents an intimate concert of chamber music on classical period instruments by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Featured is Beethoven’s famous piano quartet, Op. 16. Anton Nel will play ...
Period-instrument performance has been around for decades, but has really exploded in the last 15-20 years. A few groups popped up as early as the 50's and 60's, but the 70's is when it began to ...
Casual classical music listeners might think of it as a genre designed around string quartets and pianos. But the hardcore devotees among us know that the piano didn’t even exist when many of the best ...
Usually when we say "period" instruments, we mean Baroque or earlier. Here are two ensembles collaborating on music by Beethoven, on instruments of the classical era. Concerto Koeln and the Sarband ...
Haymarket Opera, Chicago's premier early opera company that presents historically informed performances played on 18th-century classical era instruments, performs L'Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover) ...
“DIDO’S GHOST”, a new opera which had its premiere this month at the Barbican Centre in London, is a beguiling mix of old and new. Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born British composer, and Wesley Stace, a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roger Norrington in 1996 - Ken Hively Sir Roger Norrington, who has died aged 91, was a leading figure in the period-instrument ...