The harpsichord generates sound by plucking strings when keys are depressed, in contrast to the piano which strikes them. This mechanism creates a distinctive timbre that is simultaneously bright ...

Roche, who has made a name for himself with his work on iconic religious sites like Chartres cathedral in recent years, is ...

Commemoration of William Christie’s eighth decade began last year with grand stagings in Paris of Charpentier’s ‘Médée’ and ...

Antonin Dvorak composed "Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70," in 1884-1885; its premiere was in London.

They moved to Nazareth in 1752 but, like many others with the outbreak of violence on the frontier in 1754 that became the French and Indian ... Zinzendorf and built a harpsichord for him.

British comedy has a honourable history, dating back to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, through Shakespeare’s and Restoration plays to Victorian and Edwardian music hall and its offspring variety, and on ...