Category Archives: Orchestra Musicians
Behind the scenes of "The Passion of Dido:" Rehearsal at Mondavi
This past Saturday at the Mondavi Center in Davis, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale performed the final concert of their...
Learn more about our November concerts
“The Passion of Dido,” Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s third concert of its 2009-10 “Season of the Stars,” is THIS WEEK! Music...
One of these people is not like the others… Comparing period and modern violin[ist]s (Part 3)
During the last concert set, David Wilson asked his colleagues in the violin and viola sections of Philharmonia Baroque the...
Libby visits the Fromm
Last Tuesday, period violinist Libby Wallfisch, who was in town to lead our October concerts, journeyed out into the rain...
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One of these things is not played like the other… Comparing period and modern violins (Part 2)
Now that we have some idea how a baroque violin is built differently than a modern one, we’ve asked David...
Beer and Baroque a success!
Our first Beer and Baroque Series event featuring the Universal Piston Horn Quartet (PBO horn players R.J. Kelley, Paul Avril,...
Learn more about our October concerts
“The Concerto — An Adversarial Friendship,” Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s second concert of its 2009-10 “Season of the Stars,” is less...
Behind the scenes of "Apotheosis of the Dance:" Open Rehearsal
Did you see our 29th Season Premier concerts this week or last? Did you wonder “how DO they DO that?”...
Things we are thankful for: Haydn’s string quartets
David Wilson joins us again to explain why Haydn is so important to so many of our musicians: Musicians have...
Go behind the curtain and in the orchestra pit with David Tayler for a sneak peak at Orlando
David Tayler, lute, archlute, theorbo and guitar player, just sent these photographs to us from London. He and many of...
Learn more about our September concerts
“Apotheosis of the Dance,” PBO’s first concert of the 2009-10 “Season of the Stars,” is less than two weeks away!...
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Part 2: What I did on my summer vacation…
Wonder what else your favorite musicians have done this summer while PBO is on hiatus? Keep reading… David Daniel Bowes,...
"What I did on my summer vacation…"
Ever wonder what your favorite musicians do during the summer while PBO is on hiatus? Keep reading… In June, PBO...
Behind the scenes of "The Passion of Dido:" Rehearsal at Walt Disney Hall