McCartney’s version of “taking it to another level” didn’t necessarily involve making the piece more complex. In a highly ornamental musical period like Baroque, any extra notes would ...

Medieval (1100-1400), Renaissance (1400-1600), Baroque (1600-1750). Use the musical elements/interrelated dimensions as headings. Can you select one of the pieces of music listened to and describe ...

Violinist Rachel Podger is the founder and artistic director of an annual baroque music festival in Wales, Brecon Baroque ...

The ensemble takes on the era-straddling Vespers, a crucial yet rarely performed work in the classical canon, at the ...

Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up on March 17, and Sunday Baroque highlights this weekend will include a recording by the ...

Religious singing was very popular in this period and many baroque composers wrote music for the church. A common type of instrumental music found in this period is the concerto - a piece of music ...

As the program notes explain, “Juxtaposing new and old pieces for harpsichord and various ... which is our usual territory of Baroque music, plus contemporary scores, some of which were composed ...