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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.
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.
The first is a Baroque orchestra (i.e., J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), which generally had a smaller number of performers, and in which one or more chord-playing instruments, the basso continuo group (e.g., harpsichord or pipe organ and assorted bass instruments to perform the bassline), played an important role; the second is a typical classical ...
The orchestra is renewed every year. Auditions take place in spring, with typically around 100 young baroque musicians applying for the 20–25 places in the ensemble. Members of EUBO gain performing experience; working together under the leadership of baroque music specialists.
Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra: baroque orchestra (music director: David Shemer) Accademia Daniel : baroque chamber group Ensemble PHOENIX on period instruments: broad ensemble performing from Middle Ages to Early Romantic music on period instruments, working since 1998 (conductor & musical director Myrna Herzog) [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir is a Dutch early-music group based in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir was created in two stages by the conductor, organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman. He founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979 and the Amsterdam Baroque Choir in 1992. [1]
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
The orchestra La Folia Barockorchester was founded in Dresden in 2007, dedicated to historically informed performance. [1] Founder Robin Peter Müller is its artistic director and concert master. [1] [2] It is named after "La Folia", a Baroque form inviting to bold creativity. [2]