WORCESTER — Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" — four violin concertos depicting the different seasons of the year beginning with spring and ending with winter — was a revolutionary work when it was ...

Touring solo artists come to Western Pennsylvania almost every week of the concert season. Touring orchestras, by contrast, are a real rarity. Yes, Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic played ...

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On the evening of March 30, the Jupiter Ensemble took the stage of Richardson Auditorium. The music group was led by the outstanding lutenist Thomas Dunford, the group’s founder and artistic director.

They say we don't have seasons in Northern California, but recent musical life has brought evidence to the contrary. On the heels of last week's sleek but slightly bland performance of Vivaldi's "Four ...

Concertmaster Gina DiBello leads the Music of the Baroque Orchestra in Vivaldis iconic Four Seasons, an evocative musical journey through the different times of year. As Chicago Classical Review wrote ...

In introductory remarks to the final concert of Baroque Band’s season Friday night, concertmaster-guest conductor Joan Plana told the audience at Augustana Lutheran Church of the “huge amount of risks ...

There’s been some lovely music composed for Easter, including a brand-new recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Easter Oratorio, which he wrote to celebrate the holiday in Leipzig, Germany, in 1725.

Nicknamed “The Red Priest” for his red hair and religious ordination, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was one of the most brilliant composers of the Baroque era. His influence during his lifetime was ...

Jupiter, a young ensemble from France, made its Carnegie Hall debut with a variety of moods and the gifted mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre. By Zachary Woolfe Our critics and writers have selected ...

The early-music movement has changed not only how musicians play—tuning, timbre, technique, style—but also what they play. A couple of generations ago, programs of Baroque music were dominated by such ...