Most of the period instruments played by members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra look perfectly familiar to modern audiences. The one likely exception is the theorbo, a 6-foot-long relative of ...

Stories of falling head over heels for an instrument are not unusual. What is unusual is love at first sight — or sound — when that instrument is the theorbo. In fact, it was the combination of both ...

While engaged in graduate studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in the cornetto, a Renaissance wind instrument that sounds like the blend of a trumpet and oboe, Nathaniel Cox decided to pick up a ...

This giant bass lute can be over 6 feet long, typically has 14 or so strings and is characterised by it’s rich but clear sound, an ideal accompaniment to the human voice Towards the end of the 16th ...

Aaron Grad is the world’s greatest electric theorbo player. “Sadly, I’m also the worst,” he says. A theorbo is a type of lute invented in 16th-century Italy; Grad built his electric version in 2012, ...

Things got a little crazy this morning on Classical 101. The concert, presented by Early Music in Columbus, will feature a potpourri of mad songs and instrumental selections conveying madness and ...

British theorbo virtuoso Matthew Wadsworth is set to perform at the Tallinn feat. Reval Early Music Festival this weekend. Speaking on ETV show "Ringvaade," Wadsworth said he first started playing ...

Les Voisins are performing in Whanganui next month. Photo / Supplied It is not often that we get to see and hear a theorbo — a Renaissance-era lute-like instrument but with a longer neck, and the ...

If you're anything like us, you'll be well aware of Rob Scallon and his talent for turning almost anything into heavy metal. In his most recent video, Rob turns his metallic fingers to the theorbo for ...

The original performance of the Christmas oratorio, “I Pastori di Betlemme” or “Shepherds of Bethlehem” likely took place Dec. 24, 1629 at the Apostolic Palace in Rome. On Dec. 18, the oratorio will ...