Verdi can be played on original instruments, too. Teatro Nuovo presented Verdi’s “Macbeth” using 19th-century period ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Some of the instruments used in the performance were retrofitted, while others were built to be baroque instruments, she said. Starkman added that some differences between a baroque violin and more ...

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.

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 ...

The Stevenson High School Baroque Ensemble debuted as the youngest performers in the early music series held each year at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake. They were so well-received, according ...

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 ...