William Aslet looks at Moor Park, Hertfordshire, where the ambitious work of the painter and architect Sir James Thornhill recast a major 17th-century house as a Baroque masterpiece. Photographs by ...

The world of classical music sometimes follows the same traditions as a wedding by incorporating something old and something ...

A number of forms were developed in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Structures in the Renaissance period were mainly based on the text being used. Religious music was written to be sung by ...

The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

bringing baroque pop to the new century. Irish musical maverick Neil Hannon, the man behind The Divine Comedy, was always considered one of the best purveyors of baroque pop from the early ...

C.P. E. Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D minor is a Baroque masterpiece that will be paired with the 20th century's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor by the great Dmitri Shostakovich, and Barnatan ...

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring Freshly back from the holidays, ArtSpring Presents’ first January performance is the always ...

A joint effort by academic researchers, professional art restorers and experts from the public sector and companies has resulted in the discovery of works of art, artists and documents from the São ...

the city of Bayreuth has become a mecca for Baroque music. Max Emanuel Cenčić, the Festival Director who won the Oper! Award 2024, has once again brought together virtuosos of the lyric art. Sandrine ...

Her musical creativity continued to manifest itself in the prolific creation of over five hundred musical works, consisting mostly of the more intimate, ostensibly "feminine," smaller scale genres of ...

On the final evening of 2024, the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra ... exploration of Jewish musical traditions from 17th- and 18th-century Europe, uncovering a hidden world of melodies and drawing ...

With over 25 years of performing and recording experience, Passacaglia brings the music of the baroque era to life with a ...