A year later, the North Carolina native was a busy beaver on the Baroque brass instrument that has no valves -- which weren't invented until 1814 -- and thus requires the player to change pitches ...

The iconic sound of an orchestra tuning is highly recognizable, even for those who've never set foot in a concert hall. Many ...

On Sunday evening at the Academy for Performing Arts, the New Dutch Academy put on a show that featured baroque instruments ranging from the standard violin to the lesser-known lute. These ...

American Baroque, a group of prominent early-music instrumentalists, ... New music, old instruments. By Joshua Kosman, Retired Classical Music Critic June 30, 2002. THE SHOCK OF THE OLD.

CLASSICAL NOTES Boston Baroque founder reflects on musical milestones on 50th anniversary ‘I didn’t set out to create an institution,’ says music director Martin Pearlman.

The Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Baroque Christmas’ concert features holiday music on pre-1700s instruments. WBUR's Radio Boston sat down with a musician and the guest conductor of the ...

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 ...

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.

A Local Jazz Pro Electrifies an Obscure, 14-String Baroque Instrument. You maybe haven’t heard of the theorbo, but you definitely haven’t heard it plugged in.