Generally speaking, the Baroque period is when the orchestra was born, opera kicked off in a big way and the concerto gave soloists the chance to properly show off. From the period's beginnings in the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The baroque period in music stretches from the invention of opera around 1600 to the death of J.S. Bach ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Father Piotr Nawrot’s face glows as he examines a carefully restored fragment of the score from a rare Baroque ...

Over the recent months you've been hearing about how classical music can help you relax, learn and grow. And it turns out there is one period of classical music that is worth singling out as ...

With centuries of history to consider, it can be easy to get in a bit of a twist when it comes to the various eras of Western classical music. Here’s a quick guide to the four key periods we usually ...

When analysing music it is important to consider how the composer has approached the use of the following key elements: melody/harmony rhythm/tempo texture/structure timbre/dynamics Brandenburg ...

The Kensington Baroque Chamber Players will perform 17th and 18th century music at the Rancho Bernardo Library, with some musicians using instruments hundreds of years old. The free, hour-long concert ...