Tag Archives: period instruments

The vast and beautiful Church of St. Vincent Ferrer on Manhattan's East Side was an apt setting for Bach's cantatas.

Musicians of the ACO enveloped us in the pure joy of sweet-sounding, often deeply inspired chamber music of the Rococo period by J.C. Bach, Michael Haydn, and Mozart.

A period-instrument concert revealed Mozart and Beethoven as they were heard in their own time, including a concerto played on the fortepiano.

Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, and – Johann Bernhard Bach? Akamus opened its concert by showing us that J.S. Bach and his sons weren't the only musical Bach-family members.

The AHE brought brio, bright colors, and a well-balanced period-instrument sound to Carnegie Hall on its U.S. tour.

Who better than the American Classical Orchestra and Chorus to bring us J.S. Bach on period instruments?

Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony was a jubilant finish to the American Classical Orchestra's season under Thomas Crawford, showing their mastery of, and ardent feeling for, the classical repertoire.

With polished young performers on many different instruments at her disposal, Podger presented a wide range of music that featured flutes, oboes, and bassoon as well as strings.

With rich harmonics, thrilling tension, and remarkable spatial awareness, the ACO made a thoroughly convincing case for how worthwhile it is to make the effort to present works like Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 with original instruments.

The contrast between classical-period instruments and modern ones is a bit like that between an original vinyl recording and a CD remastering.