WASHINGTON — Shortly after retiring from his role as conservator and curator of musical instruments at Colonial Williamsburg, John Watson received an interesting request from the folks at Mount Vernon ...

MOUNT VERNON — Shortly after retiring from his role as conservator and curator of musical instruments at Colonial Williamsburg, John Watson received a request from the folks at Mount Vernon: They ...

Bach and the Bee Gees are not often mentioned in the same sentence, much less played on the same instrument -- especially one with such strong early-music associations as the harpsichord. But ...

Lovers of J.S. Bach will hear his compositions on the instrument for which he wrote them — the harpsichord — when Trever Stephenson performs at the Colby Barn in Grayslake March 4. Stephenson will ...

Over the years, New London harpsichord maker Jacob Kaeser has custom-built instruments that were presented as “rather lavish Christmas gifts” worth $20,000 or more. Reflecting hundreds of hours of ...

Berlin, Germany, August 22, 2023 — Orchestral Tools announces that the Berlin Harpsichords collection is now available on SINE for the very first time. To celebrate the release, Orchestral Tools has ...

For more than 40 years, Zuckermann Harpsichords International has operated in the seaside village of Stonington in southeastern Connecticut. It’s a small business that restores vintage harpsichords ...

On Jan. 24, ALLISON — mezzo-soprano Allison Messier and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa — performs at Quincy’s Thomas Crane Public Library. The duo’s raison d’être, re-interpreting rock and popular ...

When Vampire Weekend announced their comeback album Father of the Bride—finally, after what felt like years of teasing—I could only think about one thing: Will the harpsichord be back, and will it ...

Mahan Esfahani says the harpsichord is as relevant today as it was when Bach and Vivaldi were playing it, and his interview with NPR's Robert Siegel this past June left no doubt. It's not every day ...