Religious singing was very popular in this period and many baroque composers ... to the soprano voice singing listen out for the Baroque instruments including recorders and harpsichord.

William Christie is as busy as ever in a season celebrating his 80th birthday, conducting, playing the harpsichord, administering his Les Arts Florissants orchestral and vocal ensemble and teaching at ...

Ludwig: (gasp) What ist this !!! Naomi: This is an organ, a popular instrument of the Baroque period. It’s a little bit like woodwind or brass instruments, because it uses air to produce sound ...

(WLUC) - Trumpets, tympany and stringed instruments will be in Escanaba ... Music from the Baroque period predates the classical era. Famous musical artists include Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio ...

Based in Kingston, Ontario, the Melos Choir and Period Instruments is a renowned ensemble dedicated to performing early music from the renaissance and baroque periods. Founded on a passion for ...

Henry Ward Beecher said, "The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom." For some musicians, the mother’s TALENT was also the ...

Irish Baroque Orchestra only the second ensemble from the Republic to perform at the British classical music festival ...

Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra, has come a long way since its founding more than three decades ago by artistic ...

instruments like the viola da gamba and the viol. Cellos in the Baroque era used to be held between the performers' legs without any support. Nowadays, they come complete with a large metal spike, ...