The audience was small. The slight keyboard instrument painted green on the stage wasn’t imposing. Beyond the first few rows of Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday, the delicate sound it made was faint ...

The harpsichord was widely used during the Renaissance and Baroque music eras. In the late 18th century the harpsichord was supplanted by the fortepiano and almost disappeared from view after the ...

Someday, perhaps, a lively musicologist will examine the history of the harpsichord and hipness. The antique plucked keyboard helped define music in the Baroque era and, through its tuning, the future ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When eminent British harpsichord player and early music specialist Richard Egarr takes to the stage at the City Recital Hall on Saturday ...

The performances will take place at The Barn at Flintwoods in Centreville, Brandywine Baroque’s performance venue and recording studio. It’s where harpsichordist and collector Karen Flint houses 14 ...

A rare opportunity to hear baroque music played on a mandolino and concert-level 17th century French harpsichord is coming to the Rancho Bernardo Library. The free concert will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday ...

Working in his studio, Kevin Fryer listens to CDs of lute and harpsichord music, letting his thoughts sail away to the Dutch masters and places like Antwerp in the 17th century. In a second-story ...

John Phillips is an imposing giant of a man -- a master craftsman and amateur musician -- with an unusual creative streak. He makes harpsichords modeled on French, Flemish and Italian instruments from ...

Harpsichordist Jory Vinikour's recording "20th Century harpsichord concertos" (Cedille Records). You might think the harpsichord is a mere historic novelty, an outdated baroque cousin of the piano and ...

A pair of replica Baroque instruments starred in a recent concert, “Sonate di Luce,” at the Baroque Room in St. Paul’s Lowertown, where a rising violin talent, Benjamin Lenzmeier, performed with ...

Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs a recital at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) The audience was small. The slight keyboard instrument painted green ...