Michala Petri: Dating to the 15th Century, the recorder is one of the oldest of wind instruments, limited in expressive range and color yet possessing a plangent, bird-song-like tone and a buoyant ...

All you need to do is a quick search for Michala Petri on amazon.com to get an idea of how important she’s been for her instrument, the recorder. Given up for dead in the 19th century when it was ...

Is there an instrument played by so many, yet mastered by so few, as the recorder? Schoolchildren by the millions learn the rudiments of recorder playing, but even during the early music revival of ...

The late Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek’s discography is pretty huge. Supraphon’s box of seven generously-filled discs is a treat, reminding us of what a versatile, big-hearted musician he was.

This week, the spotlight is on Danish recorder virtuosa, Michala Petri. Petri began playing the recorder aged 3, and gave her debut performance as a soloist aged 11. She's since gone on to have a rich ...

Prince Leopold was Bach’s patron in the small town of Cöthen, where the young composer arrived to take up the post of Capellmeister in 1717. Leopold was a cultured and genial employer, who, according ...

has been touring the world for decades, preaching the gospel of the recorder. Like anyone with supreme skill, she transforms her medium, turning the seemingly simple recorder into a musical voice of ...

This recording, the first commercial release by the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, is a significant addition to the recorder-concerto genre that puts the local group on the classical music map. The ...

Michala Petri is one of the world’s leading recorder virtuosos. She has done as much as anyone living to popularise the instrument, and revive and expand its repertoire. In 1992, she formed an ...

Jacques-Christophe Naudot was more a performer than a composer in 18th-century Paris, which may be one reason his name is unfamiliar. Recorder player Michala Petri joins members of Musica Antiqua Koln ...

Concert: With the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. November 28, 8pm, City Hall Concert Hall. Tickets: $80-$250. Urbtix: 2734 9009 Recorders are often bought as toys to keep children amused. That ...