#baroque instruments

Happy Halloween!

The Secret History by The Chamber Orchestra

Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns, Philippe Entermont, Gaby Casadesus, Yo-Yo Ma

Cambridge, 1963 by Jóhann Jóhannsson

Clair De Lune L. 32 by Claude Debussy, Martin Jones

Nocturne en mi bémol opus 9 n°2: Ballade de Sol Mineur No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin, Luis Fernando Pérez

The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "Winter": I. Allegro non molto by Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martin Fields

Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: Aquarium by Camille Saint-Saëns, Philippe Entermont, Gaby Casadesus, Yo-Yo Ma

Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: Fossils by Camille Saint-Saëns, Philippe Entermont, Gaby Casadesus, Yo-Yo Ma

Reflections by Toshifumi Hinata

The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "Winter": II. Largo by Antonio Vivaldi by Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martin Fields

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III Presto by Antonio Vivaldi, Kyung Wha Chung, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

The Piano Duet by Danny Elfman

Mirroirs: III Une barque sur l'océan by Maurice Ravel, André Laplante

Once Upon A December by Emile Pandolfi

Deux Arabesques, CD. 74: I. Andantino con moto by Claude Debussy, Nikolai Lugansky

Deux Arabesques, CD. 74: II. Allegretto scherzando by Claude Debussy, Nikolai Lugansky

Eric Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 by Pyotr Gudonuv

A Moment Apart by Hannah Stater

G Minor Bach by Jacob’s Piano

Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Josef Sakonov, London Festival Orchestra

Le Cynge by Camille Saint-Saëns, Stéphane Tétreault, Fabien Gabel, Orchestre Symphonique De Québec

Photograph by Stacey Monroe

Étude, Op. 25: No, 11 in A Minor by Frédéric Chopin, Lang Lang

Nocturnal Waltz by Johannes Bornlöf

You in the Rain by Sherwood Roberts

Six Pieces, Op. 51, TH 143: 6. Valse Sentimentale. Temp di valse by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Daniel Lozakovich, Stanislav Sonoviev

Six Romances, Op, 6, TH 93 6. None but the Lonely Heart by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Daniel Lozakovich, Stanislav Sonoviev

The Flower Garden by Joe Hisaishi

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH.14/ Act 2: No. 13 Waltz of The Flowers by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Experience by Ludovico Einaudi, Daniel Hope, I Virtuosi Italiani

Aries- Cornamuse: a double reed instrument from the renaissance with a wind cap over the reed and cylindrical bore

Taurus- Dulcian: a renaissance predecessor of the bassoon with a folded conical bore

Gemini- Recorder: considered renaissance and baroque. The friend we all know and love from elementary school with whistle mouthpieces and bores changing throughout time.

Cancer- Cromorne: a french, capped, double reed instrument from the baroque period. Do not confuse this with the crumhorn, which has a ‘j” shape

Leo- Chalumeau: a single-reed, baroque instrument that is a predecessor of the modern-day clarinet. It has a cylindrical bore with 8 tone holes.

Virgo- Shawm: a double-reed, renaissance, woodwind instrument with a conical bore 

Libra- Rackett: also known as the Sausage bassoon. Sausage Bassoon. This double reed woodwind is a predecessor to the bassoon, with 9 parallel bores inside, which are connected at the top and bottom.

Scorpio- Rauschpfeife: a capped, double-reed from the renaissance period. it has a conical bore, unlike the Cornamuse.

Sagittarius- Ocarina- A Medieval egg-shaped woodwind instrument with the mouth piece coming out of the body

Capricorn- Gemshorn- an early Medieval recorder made from a cow horn. It has a conical shape that produces a very sweet sound.

Aquarius- Flageolet- a Medieval woodwind that can be described as a small fipple flute. (origins of instrument are Medieval even though picture says 19th century)

Pisces- Crumhorn: a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed mounted inside the long windcap.