As concert halls remain closed, period-instrument orchestra Boston Baroque is jumping into the watch-at-home game with Boston Baroque Live, its first-ever streaming platform for recorded performances.

Ever wondered what makes Boston Baroque performances special? Boston Baroque’s world-class musicians will lead you in a deep dive into the world of period instruments. Host Brian McCreath is joined by ...

“Don Giovanni” is undoubtedly one of the most loved, feared, and praised works in the operatic repertoire. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, it ...

Casual classical music listeners might think of it as a genre designed around string quartets and pianos. But the hardcore devotees among us know that the piano didn’t even exist when many of the best ...

Brass instruments like horns retained their pre-valve, rustic forms. Without a conductor, the ensemble debated tempo and ...

Curious about the long neck sticking up from the orchestra pit during the Houston Grand Opera's performances of The Coronation of Poppea? It belongs to a theorbo, a member of the lute family. The ...

Growing up in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, some of Ahmed Anzaldúa’s earliest musical memories involve sitting at home, listening to recordings of — what else? — composer Johann Sebastian Bach’s monumental ...

“I really wonder if some of these pieces were playable at the time of Bach in the way that we can play them now — either on Baroque instruments or modern instruments.” Today’s popularity began with ...

A pair of replica Baroque instruments starred in a recent concert, “Sonate di Luce,” at the Baroque Room in St. Paul’s Lowertown, where a rising violin talent, Benjamin Lenzmeier, performed with ...

It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music. The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental ...