From 21 to 27 October 2019, join ABC Classic for a festival of the Baroque — celebrating some of the most glorious music ever written, showcasing the musicians bringing it to life, and exploring the ...

With centuries of history to consider, it can be easy to get in a bit of a twist when it comes to the various eras of Western classical music. Here’s a quick guide to the four key periods we usually ...

Here's another binary opposition to throw into your binary-opposition machine. Late-19th/early-20th-century Swiss art historian Heinrich Wölfflin described two opposing styles: the Classic and the ...

Meniker says he was looking to give the audiences oxymoronic value for money when he got down to piecing the program together. The Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra has been doing sterling work in its ...

Suite 415 will perform at Durban Jewish Centre. FRIENDS of Music presents a Sunday afternoon of baroque masterpieces performed by Suite 415 on Sunday, 15 March at Durban Jewish Centre, 44 KE Masinga ...

Generally speaking, the Baroque period is when the orchestra was born, opera kicked off in a big way and the concerto gave soloists the chance to properly show off. From the period's beginnings in the ...

ABC Classic FM’s annual Classic 100 survey is always a highlight of the music year, and this year’s category – Baroque and Before – promises to be the most popular yet. Even before the voting began, ...

When most people think of Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis, the first thing that comes to mind is jazz — and rightly so. After all, he shares his birthplace with jazz ...

Nearly 30 talented classical music artists from Việt Nam and the US will gather to present the beauty of Baroque music -- a style of European classical music from the years 1600 to 1750 -- during the ...

The Baroque Innovations tour, led by NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen is a rare opportunity to experience Biber at his best. Picture supplied Experience the magic of Baroque music in Gisborne as ...