Stories of falling head over heels for an instrument are not unusual. What is unusual is love at first sight — or sound — when that instrument is the theorbo. In fact, it was the combination of both ...

Although we associate Vivaldi mainly with Venice because he spent pretty much the first forty years of his life there, he did, inevitably, get itchy feet as he became older. As well as wanting to ...

(12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', Movements: No. 3 in G, RV310 Antonio Vivaldi, Composer Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Peter Howard Jensen, Guitar (12) Concerti grossi, '(L')estro armonico', ...

If you’ve spent any time around classical music, you might have heard the word ‘concerto’. It is a testimony to the enduring relevance of the concerto that for over four centuries, the genre has ...

The most popular guitar concerto from the Baroque era must certainly be the Guitar Concerto in D by Antonio Vivaldi. That is something of a misnomer, however, because Vivaldi actually wrote it for the ...

The 250th anniversary of Telemann’s death has not been widely marked, but this scintillating disc should reassert his claim to be one of the most inventive composers of the 18th century. The ...

JULIAN Bream, who has died aged 87, was the first British musician to win widespread acceptance for the guitar in the classical repertoire, and recognition as one of the 20th century’s leading ...

If the guitar is at the very heart of rock and pop, the same cannot be said of classical music. Of course, in its earliest forms, there was plenty for a plucked stringed instrument to play. The lute - ...

JULIAN Bream, who has died aged 87, was the first British musician to win widespread acceptance for the guitar in the classical repertoire, and recognition as one of the 20th century’s leading ...