There’s no question that a list of classical music’s greatest hits would include several from Vivaldi. But that list likely would also include works by other composers of the Italian Baroque, ...

Ton Koopman’s zest for the baroque master shone through in a joyful programme of some of his best-known music, even if the lack of instrumental balance would have triggered the symmetry-loving ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The baroque period in music stretches from the invention of opera around 1600 to the death of J.S. Bach ...

Baroque classical music in the reading room can help improve radiologists work lives, potentially improving diagnostic efficiency and accuracy, according to a study performed by researchers at the ...

Over the recent months you've been hearing about how classical music can help you relax, learn and grow. And it turns out there is one period of classical music that is worth singling out as ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Ian Johnson BEIJING — The young musicians ended the first movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and looked expectantly at the maestro.

Fathers. We all rail against ours at some point. The great composers were no exception. The contrapuntal richness we love in Johann Sebastian Bach’s music was abandoned by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to spirited, sublime works by Bach, Handel, Purcell and others. In the past, we’ve asked some of our favorite artists to choose the five ...

The Old World similarities between New Orleans and Venice, Italy, have sparked a new chamber music ensemble in the Crescent City. The Louisiana Baroque Chamber Orchestra made its debut at the New ...

Where does the word ‘sonata’ come from, and what does it mean? We take a deep dive to explore its meaning and evolution. However, some Baroque sonatas in were written for solo instruments without it, ...