An evening of Christmas-themed Baroque music presented by the Lyrica Baroque chamber ensemble WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22 WHERE: St. Mary’s Church, Ursuline Convent 1100 Chartres St., New Orleans ...

Few Baroque operas (and all by Handel) have clawed their way from oblivion to the margins of the standard repertoire, a source of chagrin to anyone who loves the period or simply hungers for broader ...

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 ...

Sir Roger Norrington, who has died aged 91, was a leading figure in the period-instrument movement and a vigorous and often ...

One of the superstars of the early music period Hildegard von Bingen was all but forgotten until the 800th anniversary of her death in 1979. Entering monastic life at an early age and rising to ...

“It is like period costume,” says Williams. Using the repeated figure of a ground bass, a form favoured by composers such as Purcell, could be deemed “a deliberate throwback to a period style.

If you do a Google search for “Baroque composers,” of course, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Monteverdi and Telemann come up first. Scrolling further down those result rankings are a variety of ...

It goes from the early Baroque period, with works by composers such as Italian Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), to the 18th century George Frideric Handel, all the way to the classical period ...

Patrick Clark leads the Southside Philharmonic Orchestra as they rehearse their "Early Baroque: Reprise!" concert March 14, an updated take on its fall concert held at Central United Church of Christ.