WHEN Philippe Pierlot, director of the Ricercar Consort, effectively interrupted the flow of the music in the spellbinding little concert given by his group last night, he highlighted, probably ...

German music of the 17th century often depicts a melancholy landscape painted in the sonic equivalents of deep maroons, forest greens, and sunset golds. In the sacred concertos by Matthias Weckmann, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The players of the Ricercar Consort must have wondered about the chap sitting at the back of the theatre in full 18th-century costume as ...

For its 2025 edition, La Folle Journée celebrates the cities of music. Ricercar Consort and Floriane Hasler have chosen Venice as the destination for their concert, with Vivaldi guiding them through ...

Donald Macleod examines some of the earliest surviving stories of Bach's youth, revealing the character traits that would shape his future career. Bach: Capriccio in E 'in honorem Johann Christoph ...

THIS year's International Festival is festooned with period instrument ensembles, what with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées and Les Arts Florissants both in town last night, the English Consort at ...