It’s not all about the Brandenburg Concertos – but it’s a good place to start! Discover the magic behind Bach’s fantastic Baroque orchestral music. Of Bach’s mammoth output of more than 1100 ...

is the wild man of the recorder -- an odd idea, perhaps, but you should have heard him over the weekend with In its modern, plastic version, the recorder is best known these days as a lowly and ...

Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are six masterpieces of intricacy and lightness that require virtuostic playing and differ tremendously in their scoring. This weekend, the Meyerson’s voluminous hall will ...

In 1721 Bach dedicated a set of six remarkable concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. On Sunday November 14th, the Irish Baroque Orchestra (IBO) celebrates that 300th anniversary and ...

One might be forgiven, upon first listening to the NAXOS recording of Avner Dorman’s concertos performed by Andrew Cyr’s Metropolis Ensemble, for not feeling immediately convinced that these are, in ...

You may have played one (badly) in primary school... But the recorder is actually one of the most agile and sophisticated instruments of the baroque period. With its sweet, soothing, woody tone, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --Move over dueling banjos and pianos – dueling baroque concertos are taking center stage in early August. Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra is presenting “Fencing Match,” the premiere ...

Baroque music has an unusual place in our culture. It is ubiquitous, and popular, on the radio, especially at drive time. Recordings of it are released in large numbers. Everyone, it seems, has a ...