Music from the Baroque period predates the classical era and features famous musicians like Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel.

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 ...

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 ...

Not for nothing does the Irish Baroque Orchestra call itself Ireland ... Some are old, dating back to the 1700s; most are copies of period instruments, made using 18th-century techniques.

The musicians are using Baroque-era replicas, including trumpets with no valves, wooden oboes, and even a real harpsichord, all designed to recreate the original sound of Handel’s time.

He is as busy as ever as a leader of the period-instrument movement ... to the things that I think make my music eloquent: old instruments and being faithful I think to performance practice.” ...

Youthful Baroque ensembles blazed through early music ... Through the very different programs, instruments and textures, the sound was clear, vividly present and resonant. There’s a crackling ...

(Vincent Pontet via AP) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — William Christie, a conductor renowned for Baroque performances ... as busy as ever as a ...

Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments, Alina Ibragimova is recognised for the “immediacy and honesty” of her performances. “…Ibragimova’s playing has ...