Professional musician Alexandra Shatalova Prior guides readers through the nuances of some of the world's best-known ...

Compact disc seems to stress the unusual scoring in the Vivaldi G minor (there are recorders, oboes and a bassoon as well as strings), but it was too much to hope the two orchestras in the Vivaldi D ...

Trumpeter Alison Balsom joins early music specialists Trevor Pinnock and Pinnock’s Players in bright arrangements of Baroque concertos, in this week’s Feature Album on ABC Classic. The program ...

J.S. Bach came from a family of successful musicians and was one of the most prominent composers of the Baroque period, writing six concertos for the noblemen of Brandenburg. Bach took on the work ...

Bach’s Six Brandenburg Concertos are widely regarded as some of the finest compositions of the Baroque period. Join in as ...

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring Freshly back from the holidays, ArtSpring Presents’ first January performance is the always ...

The Brandenburg Concertos represent a pinnacle in the history of the Baroque Concerto, as well as being among the most universally admired of all Bach's works. This fascinating new guide places the ...

Ripieno - the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music. Concertino - small group of soloists. Ritornello - a common technique during the Baroque Period refers to ...

Marking the First Sunday of Advent, The Choir of Hallgrímskirkja and Brák Baroque Ensemble perform two cantatas by J.S. Bach. You'll also hear Bach's Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor with soloist ...

composer Johann Sebastian Bach’s monumental 18th-century Brandenburg Concertos. Yes, he said, he’s been a “Baroque music nerd” his whole life. In classical music today, many composers from ...

The concert features Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and an original piece by Solisti principal cellist ...