Take a musical journey back in time when Courtly Noyse brings music from the Renaissance — along with reproduction instruments of that era — to the Rancho Bernardo Library. Seating is limited for the ...

For some, Renaissance music provokes images of amorous madrigals, gleeful calls to go a-maying, and a lot of fa-la-la-ing. But the music is really more substantial than that. It frees the imagination, ...

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, ...

Horns up for the hurdy-gurdy. The quirky Renaissance instrument proves it’s a match for heavy metal band, System of the Down. What happens when you combine a popular, boxy, Renaissance string ...

You’ve heard of a pack of wolves, a gaggle of geese and a pride of lions. Now, courtesy of Candlelight Concerts, you can thrill to a “noyse of violins.” This Saturday evening at Columbia’s James Rouse ...

Is Simon Spalding a historian who plays music or a musician who delves into the culture of the past? Yes. But he’s also an author and composer. While critics and journalists like to categorize music ...