These concertos of baroque composer Josef Antonín Guretzky (1709-1769) are a joy! Picking a composer out of Moravian obscurity, the “Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen” have put down world ...

It's a truly eclectic feast on Saturday Baroque this week... Handel's Harp Concerto was originally premiered at the King's Theatre in London in 1736. Published as an organ concerto, the piece's ...

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 ...

It eventually made way for the solo concerto which replaced the small group of soloists (concertino) with a solo instrument. Now watch the video below to listen and compare with the concertino or ...

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 ...

Violinist and PBO artistic director Monica Huggett was one of Saturday's headliners. ( Basil Childers) For his Lutheran piety and contrapuntal rigor, Johann Sebastian Bach is typically upheld as an ...

You might think that Beethoven would always get a bigger reaction from a symphony crowd than Philip Glass. But it was Glass, not Beethoven, whose music got the only standing ovation at Wednesday's ...

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 ...

For the 2022-23 season, Upper Valley Baroque, a professional instrumental and choral ensemble, is taking “A Journey through Italian Baroque.” After choral music in the fall, the chamber orchestra is ...

Looking for some Vivaldi CDs? Try Amazon.com and click on the Baroque composer’s name. You will be confronted with 2,143 releases. Narrow your search to “The Four Seasons,” and the choices are still ...