This is the fourth in a series of posts about appreciating classical music. Catch up on the first three parts of the series here, here and here. Though its name sounds archaic, the harpsichord is a ...

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 ...

Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord Jacqueline Ross, Violin Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Richard Boothby, Viola da gamba David Ponsford, Harpsichord (6) Sonatas for Violin and Continuo, Movements: No ...

During his tenure as director of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig, Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach penned a series of harpsichord concertos that were played in the local coffeehouse. Many scholars ...

The Rancho Bernardo Library’s classical concert series continues with a concert of Baroque music. It will be held from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 in the Rancho Bernardo Library’s second ...

On March 19, Naïve Classiques will release Bach Klavierwerke, Rinaldo Alessandrini's third solo harpsichord recital on the French label. Rinaldo Alessandrini generally records with his ensemble ...

If the period instrument movement of the last half century has taught us anything, it's how to quibble earnestly about questions like: Should Bach's keyboard music be played on a harpsichord or piano?

Those who research music history have uncovered evidence suggesting Bach's Harpsichord Concertos may actually have been written for other instruments. We hear a recording of one of them, with an oboe ...

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 ...