Look, don’t touch — that’s what mothers tell their children. That bit of advice — a must for patrons of fine art galleries — didn’t help a Taiwanese boy who …
Boy trips at exhibit, tears hole in baroque painting worth $1.5M Read More »
Last year, the Czech musicologist Petr Danek was in the Franciscan library in Slany, about 20 miles northwest of Prague, searching for Renaissance and early Baroque musical prints. He noticed …
‘The Czech Lute,’ a Baroque Masterpiece, Gets Filled In Read More »
Walking through Salzburg’s cathedral, a masterpiece of beautifully-defined baroque decoration, a thought strikes. “This must have cost a fair amount.” The same thought comes to mind while lapping up the …
How one of Europe’s most incredible cities was built with… salt Read More »
The East Bay’s appetite for both traditional and avant-garde classical is sure to be sated this coming season. The East Bay is at once the intersection of new technology and …
Nothing like a little Baroque and early Classical music to demonstrate the amazing flexibility of the Cleveland Orchestra. As if to remind listeners that it also possesses the chops of …
Cleveland Orchestra takes pleasant sojourn with Baroque and early Classical works Read More »
The Horned Dorset Sunday Dinner/Concert Series will continue its third season on Sunday with a program at the Horned Dorset Restaurant at 2000 State Route 8 in Leonardsville. The concert, …
The Bach Society of Minnesota was “HIP” before it was hip. “HIP” stands for “historically informed performance” — i.e., doing it darn close to the way it was played back …
Bach Society is a must-go at Twin Cities Early Music Festival Read More »
Bach doesn’t care how many Twitter followers you have – if you steal his fugues, the grandfather of counterpoint will come back to haunt you. Lady Gaga used an eight-second …
The Lady Gaga Fugue and other incredible Baroque-inspired arrangements of pop songs Read More »
The bare, resonant walls of Tacoma’s Christ Episcopal Church will ring with the lush polyphony of 16th-century Spain this weekend as professional early music vocal group Canonici both leads a …
Canonici offers early music workshop, free concert at Christ Episcopal Read More »
Musica Sonora, Tucson’s only professional early music ensemble, will perform its final concert on Sunday, ending a run that goes back decades and draws its roots to the University of …