It’s not all about the Brandenburg Concertos – but it’s a good place to start! Discover the magic behind Bach’s fantastic Baroque orchestral music. Of Bach’s mammoth output of more than 1100 ...

The title really ought to come in quotation marks, for of the five works that Alexei Ogrintchouk plays on his first solo recording for BIS, only one, the Adagio from the Sinfonia of the Easter ...

We're in Benaroya Hall in Seattle to hear the Seattle Symphony, conductor Gerard Schwartz, violinist Maria Lanianoff, and oboist Nathan Hughes play the Concerto for Oboe and Violin by Bach.

Gonzalo X. Ruiz — well known to Bay Area audiences through his long-standing involvement with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — is among the country’s great Baroque oboists, and this lovely and ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was pretty much a homebody. Essentially tied down by the demands of his day jobs — most famously as cantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig — and because of an unbroken procession ...

Oboe works by Bach, Pachelbel, and Laschanzky highlight the instrument’s expressive range. Bach’s “Ich habe genug” Cantata and “Air on a G String” feature lyrical, emotive lines. Bach’s Oboe Concerto ...

Violinist Amandine Beyer and the musicians of Gli Incogniti juxtapose original works by Vivaldi and the Marcello brothers with the Bach compositions they inspired and influenced Back in the 18th ...

They say the cello can pull at the heartstrings because it's the instrument closest to the human voice, but you should hear what Heinz Holliger can do with an oboe. On his new album (released today on ...

One of the best things about watching an orchestra is seeing a hidden star emerge, as oboist Ben Hausmann has this season. Hausmann, who stepped up to the Seattle Symphony’s acting principal spot from ...