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La Lira D’Esperia: The Medieval Fiddle 1100-1400 Jordi Savall, lyre, rebec, fiddles; Pedro Estevan, percussion (Astree). The lyre was a plucked instrument famous from the myths of Hermes, Apollo ...
Garth Knox on the Medieval Fiddle (Dániel Vass / ECM Records) In the world of stringed instruments, the humble viola takes some hard knocks. It’s not the virtuoso’s violin.
Continuum this week presents a program of dances from medieval times to the present performed by a wandering minstrel ensemble called "Wolgemut". They perform historical music on original ...
We’re paying tribute to “Margriet” Tindemans, an early music pioneer and “ferociously talented” medieval fiddle player who passed away December 31, 2014.
The Goliards will be joined by acclaimed soprano Sheila Berg at St. Pauls' Episcopal Church for an afternoon of world music on Sunday at 3 p.m.
As a player of early stringed instruments, such as medieval fiddle, rebec and harp, Tindemans performs and records with the group Medieval Strings. She also frequently receives invitations to perform ...
We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Vancouver has enjoyed many summer classical music projects, but none has lasted, or continuously reinvented itself, quite like Early Music ...
In the 23 years Ensemble Anonymus has been playing medieval music, the songs haven't remained the same. The group has had to try to recreate the musical intentions of composers ...
The 10th anniversary Celtic Classic will bring the food, music and sport of the Scots, Welsh and Irish to downtown Bethlehem Sept. 26-28. Also featured will be a Medieval Feast, a Celtic Fiddle ...