Tafelmusik

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra was formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1978. It is a period instrument orchestra; that is, the group makes use of instruments (or replicas) dating from the same period as the music they perform. The orchestra also performs according to appropriate performance practices -- how the music would have been read, and how the instruments would have been played -- in an effort to recreate the sounds and the esthetic of Baroque-era music (ca.1600-1750). The name Tafelmusik is German for "table music," referring to music that would have been performed at banquets...