Bach in the City, Chicago's newest Baroque period-instrument organization, will present 'Bach's Musical World,' at Allen ...

In the dance world of the 17th and early 18th centuries, France was the center of the universe. “Je suis le Roi-Soleil!” boasted King Louis XIV, and indeed, Europe’s cultural elite revolved around his ...

There’s no question that a list of classical music’s greatest hits would include several from Vivaldi. But that list likely would also include works by other composers of the Italian Baroque, ...

“I think of her as the Beyoncé of the Baroque.” That’s Early Interval soprano Elizabeth McConnaughey’s take on Barbara Strozzi, a woman who, centuries ago, bucked convention by becoming a composer and ...

If you do a Google search for “Baroque composers,” of course, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Monteverdi and Telemann come up first. Scrolling further down those result rankings are a variety of Baroque ...

Cuba has long had a rich and varied musical life that includes European classical music. The Conservatory of Music in Cuba is named for an outstanding Cuban composer of the baroque era. You’ll hear ...

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National Hispanic Heritage Month is annually celebrated from September 15 to October 15 in the United States. This weekend you’ll hear music by baroque era composers who were born or worked in Mexico, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Ian Johnson BEIJING — The young musicians ended the first movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and looked expectantly at the maestro.

The Christmas concert season in New Orleans comes to a close this evening in the Ursuline Convent’s St. Mary’s Church in the French Quarter, when Lyrica Baroque, a five-member chamber music group, ...

The word "baroque" comes from the Portuguese "barroco" meaning "misshapen pearl," and is defined as a style or period of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the 17th century to ...