Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July ...

Last year around this time, Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick, who are usually quite busy with their early music ensembles, had the time and space to finally make music together. That special musical ...

Sarah Mead discovered her sound at a young age through a unique instrument — the viola da gamba. Familiarly known as the ‘viol’ with a similar appearance to a cello, this instrument has six strings, ...

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Music was an important part of any aristocratic household in the 17th and 18th centuries, where the viola da gamba reigned supreme as a marker of fine musical sensibilities. The bass member of the ...

On August 29 at Lotte Concert Hall, the rarely seen early music instrument, the viola da gamba, appeared on stage. The viola da gamba is similar in size and shape to the cello, but it has six or seven ...

Who knew a metal classic could sound so good on an old Renaissance string instrument? Metallica are big classical music fans – they recorded their album S&M with the San Francisco Symphony in 1999, ...

Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo Obbligato. Vittorio Ghielmi, Lorenzo Ghielmi. Ars Musici. $16.99. "Felix Austria": Works for Viola da Gamba Consort. Klaus Mertens, Simone Eckert.

After a United Airlines flight during which his viola da gamba was badly damaged, the owner is calling on airlines to make their instrument policies more consistent. International early music ...

Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July ...

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