When Daniel Deitch was growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s, music was his nourishment. His parents were ex-beatniks who played music constantly - everything from Beethoven quartets to John Coltrane ...

Every week, Classic FM presenter and music expert David Mellor reviews the best new releases and re-issues from the world of classical music. This week, David picks out Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Baroque ...

IF you are a flautist you will probably be more than familiar with the work, or at least the teachings, of this prolific composer of the 18th Century. Quantz's Essay on Playing the Flute written in ...

While growing up in Berkeley in the 1950s and early 1960s, Kathleen Kraft played flute in the Berkeley High Orchestra but never really ?bonded? with her pure silver, modern instrument. Instead, she ...

It’s nice not to be brilliant, sometimes—or at least it is if you’re a flutist. The transverse flute—that familiar skinny, cylindrical object—has evolved over several centuries to become something ...

Along with Lynn, the program of music by Telemann, Handel, Marais and others will feature conservatory faculty member Kathie Stewart (baroque flute), Oberlin student Kate Shuldiner (viola da gamba), ...

Host Melissa Block talks with Rob Turner, instructor of Baroque flute and recorder at the University of Virginia. He describes and plays a crystal flute owned by President James Madison. The flute was ...