When Daniel Deitch was growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s, music was his nourishment. His parents were ex-beatniks who played music constantly - everything from Beethoven quartets to John Coltrane ...

Back when the Renaissance period gave way to the Baroque era, musicians of the time discovered that the Renaissance flute wasn't quite up to the task of the new music. But with a few tweaks, the ...

THE seventh concert of Baroque 2000 Series is on Sunday, 24 November at 3pm in the Church of the Mariannhill Monastery. Evelien Ballantine will be the soloist and will show her skills on the traverso, ...

IF you are a flautist you will probably be more than familiar with the work, or at least the teachings, of this prolific composer of the 18th Century. Quantz's Essay on Playing the Flute written in ...

The flute repertoire went through its greatest mutations in the Baroque period. From a minor instrument exclusively used in small-scale chamber music it became an integral part of the orchestra as we ...