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.

Boston Baroque, a homegrown early music orchestra, has been playing period instruments since 1973 — the first ensemble to do so in the U.S.. Plenty of people have never seen or heard these rare ...

Boston Baroque’s world-class musicians will lead you in a deep dive into the world of period instruments. Host Brian McCreath is joined by Music Director Martin Pearlman, violinist Christina Day ...

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.