It seems like there's nothing mandolin virtuoso Chris Thiele can't play! This morning we'll enjoy his performance of Bach's Solo Violin Sonata No. 2. Tags Classical Music Highlights classical music ...

Music tends to be labeled according to genre, oftentimes pigeonholing performers in one area of concentration when in reality they may happen to be versatile musicians with open minds and an ...

More than virtually any other instrument, the mandolin stands for different things depending on time and place. In the 18th century it was the preserve of the wealthy in salons across Europe; by the ...

You’ve probably heard the mandolin, but you may NOT have heard music by Johann Sebastian Bach played on the mandolin. Avi Avital wants to change that. Hear Avi Avital play his arrangement of one of ...

The Classical Mandolin Society of America will convene in Kansas City Nov. 8 to 12, with some free concerts included. Casey Toth Raleigh News & Observer It’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when ...

On Sunday evening, June 11, people ambling about or flinging frisbees around Fort Hunt Park may think they are hearing harpsichord music rippling across the landscape, but in fact it will be a concert ...

I hadn’t touched a mandolin since adolescence, and, even then, I’d only fooled around. My wife was beside me. “Do it,” she ...