Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a recital at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) The audience was small. The slight keyboard instrument painted green ...

The performances will take place at The Barn at Flintwoods in Centreville, Brandywine Baroque’s performance venue and recording studio. It’s where harpsichordist and collector Karen Flint houses 14 ...

A rare opportunity to hear baroque music played on a mandolino and concert-level 17th century French harpsichord is coming to the Rancho Bernardo Library. The free concert will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday ...

Many orchestras pass their batons from one conductor to another. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco and one of the country’s most respected period-instrument ensembles, will be ...

It's not every day that you get to hear a lively discussion about a musical instrument that was once said to sound like two skeletons copulating on a roof. (SOUNDBITE OF MAHAN ESFAHANI SONG) SIEGEL: ...

Working in his studio, Kevin Fryer listens to CDs of lute and harpsichord music, letting his thoughts sail away to the Dutch masters and places like Antwerp in the 17th century. In a second-story ...

The audience was small. The slight keyboard instrument painted green on the stage wasn’t imposing. Beyond the first few rows of Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday, the delicate sound it made was faint ...