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A Baroque orchestra is an ensemble for mixed instruments that existed during the Baroque era of Western Classical music, commonly identified as 1600–1750. [1] Baroque orchestras are typically much smaller, in terms of the number of performers, than their Romantic -era counterparts.
Red Priest: baroque orchestra, specializing in Vivaldi; Retrospect Ensemble: baroque orchestra; Rose Consort of Viols; La Serenissima (Adrian Chandler): baroque orchestra, Vivaldi; The Sixteen (Harry Christophers): mostly a cappella music of the Renaissance, with baroque orchestra for Handel; Solistes de Musique Ancienne: baroque orchestra and ...
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (PBO) is an American orchestra based in San Francisco. PBO is dedicated to historically informed performance of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music on original instruments. The orchestra performs its subscription series in the following cities and venues: San Francisco: Herbst Theatre
From 1985 to 2017, the European Union Baroque Orchestra was an educational charity registered in England & Wales with its administrative office in Wootton, West Oxfordshire. [ 3 ] EUBO has been Orchestra-in-Residence in Echternach , Luxembourg , from 2008 to 2017; working together with the city of Echternach, Festival International Echternach ...
The Venice Baroque Orchestra is a baroque orchestra founded in 1997 by the Italian conductor and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, based in Venice, Italy. [1] References
In the late 1970s the orchestra transitioned to period instruments and became the English Baroque Soloists. The first concert under the new name was in 1977 at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, although the orchestra was not officially formed until 1978. [1] [2] Alison Bury was the leader in 1983–2008. [3] [4]
The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. In addition to Baroque music, it has performed works by composers such as Beethoven, Schubert and Weber, and contemporary music. The orchestra gave its first concert in 1987 and began touring abroad with a performance in Amsterdam in 1989. The first tour to America in 1995.
Mark Bailey in 2012. Mark Bailey (born 1962) is an American conductor and baroque violist.He is the founder and artistic director of the American Baroque Orchestra. Bailey specializes in Slavic music of the 17th and 18th centuries, in addition to baroque, classical, and romantic repertoire, and was the former music director of the Yale Russian Chorus [1].