Just like the architecture of the time, it was very ornate and lavish ... Naomi: This is an organ, a popular instrument of the Baroque period. It’s a little bit like woodwind or brass ...

The chords used in major and minor tonalities were also major or minor - or diatonic. The use of ground bass was common in the Baroque period. Composers would use a ground bass to structure their ...

On the other hand, there was a fascination with disorder, with the irrational, with all that does not fit into existing classifications, with illusion, and with rebellion against order […] Walter ...

For the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra ... s range with elements of every stylistic convention popular in the time period. The result is a sprawling, labyrinthine epic with much room for interpretation.