Artistic Director Robert Franz in rehearsal for the Boise Baroque Orchestra's new fall season, available online starting Dec. 1. Subscriptions are available to purchase now.

While many museums do keep their million-dollar instruments out of musicians’ hands, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History brings its out for more than a dozen concerts every year.

He set his instrument up with gut strings, tuned it down a half step, acquired a baroque bow and threw out all his modern editions, studying only a copy of the work by Bach's wife (no holograph ...

The main difference between Baroque and modern cello bows is the shape; a Baroque bow is shorter and has a flatter shape, while the modern is longer with a concave shape. While one or two bow hairs ...

From playing clarinets used in Mozart’s time to reconstructing instruments from paintings, period musicians are recreating history for modern audiences.

Then when he returned, his 2018 Viseltear Baroque violin and a Louis Begin baroque bow, which was in a blue BAM contoured violin case, were missing. His backpack was also gone.

As evidence of change, she cites a visit to the Metropolitan Opera last spring for a performance of Handel's "Rodelinda," where the concertmaster was using a Baroque bow, and mezzo-soprano ...

He performs on a baroque violin made by Joseph Ruddiman of Aberdeen in 1775, and an English-model baroque bow by Harry Grabenstein of Vermont.

Blumenstock, who plays a 1660 Guarneri violin, spoke of the Baroque bow as an “expressive little tool that tends to dance off the string,” she said. “I’m a bit of a purist.