That clever combination kept listeners alert after Sunday lunch as they appreciated some energetic and sparkling performances by Brendan O'Donnell, Jackie Hansen and Katrina Brown on recorder, baroque ...

When you go to the symphony, chances are your eyes are mostly on the conductor and the violins. The bassoon? Not so much. The instrument has a dry, woody timbre with a slightly clogged-up resonance, ...

That's the name of a new album of baroque chamber music from the Irish bassoonist Peter Whelan and Ensemble Marsyas. There is no exclamation mark, no hint of irony. The cover art shows an elegant 18th ...

MOUNT VERNON — The sounds of baroque violin, flute, viola and bassoon filled Trinity Anglican Church in Mount Vernon on Wednesday for the opening concert of the Salish Sea Early Music Festival. The ...

Bassoonist Eyal Streett lives in Spain and performs with some of the finest Baroque ensembles in Europe as well as with his own trio, 'Rubato Appassionato' Bassoonist Eyal Streett grew up in Jerusalem ...

Multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio, right (Kultur Shock, Tiptons Sax Quartet), deploys her unusual vocal talents in “explorations of voice and environment” involving “simple electronics” at Good Shepherd ...

Devon Baroque Orchestra is presenting a concert that’s anything but ordinary—it's Baroque ‘n’ Bizarre. The Devon Baroque Orchestra will be performing at St Peter's Church, Tiverton on Saturday, ...

1 Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER'S FIRST BY HEART, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: RACHMANINOV’S ‘PAGANINI’ VARIATIONS, Royal Albert Hall 3 Review: BBC PROMS: ROSSINI'S 'STABAT MATER', Royal Albert ...

Introduction -- Early names; precursors; the bassoon idea; the founding myth --The dulcian family -- The bassoon idea: early relatives -- The baroque bassoon -- The classical bassoon, c.1760-1830 -- ...

When Daniel Deitch was growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s, music was his nourishment. His parents were ex-beatniks who played music constantly - everything from Beethoven quartets to John Coltrane ...

Albert Storace enjoys the first concert of the season, featuring Camarata Galatea. A new series of fortnightly, lunchtime recitals for the 2013/2014 season were recently launched at St Paul’s Anglican ...

Lucie Skeaping explores how the bassoon developed from its forerunner - the curtel, dulcian or bajon, with the help of experts Maggie Kilbey and Andrew Watts. With music by Schutz. Show more Lucie ...